καὶ τέλος κατὰ τοῦ τέγους ἁλόμενος διέφυγε, ῥαφανῖδι τὴν πυγὴν βεβυσμένος.
‘And finally he fled, jumping down from the roof, with a radish stuck up his butt.’
Lucian, The Death of Peregrinus, AKA the gift that keeps on giving.
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καὶ τέλος κατὰ τοῦ τέγους ἁλόμενος διέφυγε, ῥαφανῖδι τὴν πυγὴν βεβυσμένος.
‘And finally he fled, jumping down from the roof, with a radish stuck up his butt.’
Lucian, The Death of Peregrinus, AKA the gift that keeps on giving.
Harry Mount, Carpe Diem: How to Become
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