Note 305 — Chapter VI · CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHERMEN IN GREECE AND ROME—POVERTY “THE BADGE OF ALL OUR TRIBE”—DEITIES OF FISHING
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To cite but one of the scores of intermediate authors as regards poverty, Ovid, Met., III. 586-91,
Pauper et ipse fuit, linoque solebat et hamis Decipere, et calamo salientis ducere pisces. Ars illi sua census erat. Cum traderet artem, “Accipe quas habeo, studii successor et heres,” Dixit, “opes.” Moriensque mihi nihil ille reliquit Præter aquas: unum hoc possum appellare paternum.