Death & Dying
Book XV, 4: Sepulchral Inscription at Nicaea, near the Lake, on the Obelisk
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Vaunt, Nicaea, the tomb that mounts to the sky, the pyramid that is nigh to the sun, which contains buried in the vast monument the hierophant celebrated among the living. Of Sacerdos is this great sepulchre; Severa’s is this monument whose neighbour is not Hell, but Heaven.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XV, 4: Sepulchral Inscription at Nicaea, near the Lake, on the Obelisk.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/919/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XV, 4: Sepulchral Inscription at Nicaea, near the Lake, on the Obelisk.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/919/.
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