Lucan (c. 39-65)
“Oh profit, that sickly corruption!
Sellers come forward starving—when offered gold.”
- From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 4, between lines 76-107), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).
Lucan
Lucan (c. 39-65)
“Oh profit, that sickly corruption!
Sellers come forward starving—when offered gold.”
