Death & Dying
Book VII, 337
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Do not, most noble wayfarer, pass by the tomb hurrying on thy way with tireless feet, but look on it, and ask “Who art thou, and whence?” So shalt thou know Harmonia whose family is illustrious in Megara. For in her one could observe all things which bring fame to men, a loveable nobility, a gentle character and virtue. Such was she whose tomb you look on; her soul putting off the body strives to gain the paths of heaven.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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