Living
Book IX, 358: On Plato’s “Phaedo”
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
If Plato did not write me there were two Platos, for I have all the flowers of the Socratic dialogues. But Panaetius made me out to be spurious. He who made the soul out to be mortal will make me spurious too.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 358: On Plato’s “Phaedo”.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/463/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 358: On Plato’s “Phaedo”.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/463/.
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