Death & Dying
Book VII, 158: On Marcellus the Physician of Side
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
This is the tomb of Marcellus the renowned physician, a most celebrated man, honoured by the gods, whose books were presented (to the public library) in fair-built Rome by Hadrian the best of our former emperors, and by admirable Antoninus, Hadrian’s son; so that among men in after years he might win renown for his eloquence, the gift of Phoebus Apollo. He sung of the treatment of diseases in forty skilled books of heroic verse called the Chironides.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book VII, 158: On Marcellus the Physician of Side.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/310/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book VII, 158: On Marcellus the Physician of Side.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/310/.
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