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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 522 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)

Lewis Evans translation

Polyphemi. For the loudness of his roar, vid. Virg., Æn., iii., 672. The meaning seems to be, "I am as badly off with but one slave as Polyphemus was with only one eye: had he had two Ulysses would not have escaped him." Badham takes it of the slave calling for food.

"My hungry rascal must at home be fed, Or else, like Polypheme, he'll roar for bread!"

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