Social Commentaries

Book XI, 441

by Philiscus 4th century BC (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)

Social Commentaries

The Piraeus is a big nut and empty.

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