Living
Book XI, 35
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
Artemidorus gave us a cabbage, Aristarchus caviare, Athenagoras little onions, Philodemus a small liver, and Apollophanes two pounds of pork, and there were three pounds still over from yesterday. Go and buy us an egg and garlands and sandals and scent, and I wish them to be here at four o’clock sharp.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book XI, 35.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/23/.
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