Death & Dying
Book VII, 331: At Oraca in Phrygia
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
This tomb was given me by my husband Phroures, a reward worthy of my piety. In my husband’s house I leave a fair-famed company of children, to bear faithful testimony to my virtue. I die the wife of one husband, and still live in ten living beings, having enjoyed the fruit of prolific wedlock.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book VII, 331: At Oraca in Phrygia.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/334/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book VII, 331: At Oraca in Phrygia.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/334/.
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