Death & Dying
Book VII, 572
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
A certain man secretly took his pleasure in unholy intercourse, stealing the embraces of another man’s wife; but of a sudden the roof fell in and buried the sinners still coupled. One trap holds both, and together they lie in an embrace that never ceases.! A contemporary musician.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book VII, 572.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/46/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book VII, 572.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/46/.
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