====== Diogenes of Sinope | Greek Anthology 158 ======


<blockquote>158. ANTIPATER \\
The wallet laments, and the fine sturdy Heracles 
club of **Sinopian Diogenes** and the double coat, foe 
of the cold clouds, befouled all over with encrusted 
dirt, lament likewise because they are polluted by thy 
shoulders. Verily I take **Diogenes** himself to be the 
dog of heaven, but thou art the dog that lies in the 
ashes. Put off, put off the arms that are not thine 
The work of lions is one thing, and that of bearded 
goats another.\\
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Source: The Greek Anthology with an English Translation by W. R. Paton. MCMXVIII.
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