Living
Book IX, 768: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
These things are all play. The shifting current of Fortune is pictured in these unreasoning dice, and, now a winner, now a loser, you will perceive in them the unstable image of mortal life. We praise him who in life and in play imposes a limit on his joy and grief.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 768: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/75/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 768: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/75/.
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