Social Commentaries
Book IX, 44
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Social Commentaries
A man finding gold left his halter, but the man who had left the gold and did not find it, hanged himself with the halter he found.
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Codex Note
By some attributed to Plato.
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Flaccus, Statyllius. “Book IX, 44.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/statyllius-flaccus/3/.
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Flaccus, Statyllius. “Book IX, 44.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/statyllius-flaccus/3/.
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