Death & Dying
Book VII, 596: On Theodotus his brother-in-law
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Nay by this our last journey in the earth, neither did my wife hate me nor did I, Theodotus, willingly become Eugenia’s enemy; but some envy or fatality led us into that great error. Now, having come to the pure bench of Minos, we were both pronounced not guilty.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book VII, 596: On Theodotus his brother-in-law.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/52/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book VII, 596: On Theodotus his brother-in-law.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/52/.
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