Living
Book XI, 8
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
Bestow not scent and crowns on stone columns, nor set the fire ablaze ; the outlay is in vain, Give me gifts, if thou wilt, when I am alive, but by steeping ashes in wine thou wilt make mud, and the dead shall not drink thereof.’
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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