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Death by Surgeon
by:
Palladas
(4th century A.D.)
translated by William Roger Paton
Better to be judged by Hegemon,
The slayer of robbers,
Than to fall into the hands
Of the surgeon Gennadius.
For he executes murderers in just hatred,
But Gennadius takes a fee
For sending you down to Hades.
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