Death & Dying
Book VII, 578
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
In this tomb rests strong Panopeus the lion-hunter, the piercer of shaggy-breasted panthers; for a terrible scorpion issuing from a hole in the earth smote his heel as he walked on the hills and slew him. On the ground, alas, lie his poor javelin and spear, to be the playthings of impudent deer.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book VII, 578.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/48/.
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