Death & Dying
Book VII, 103: On Polemo and Crates
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Stranger, as thou passest by, tell that this tomb holds god-like Crates and Polemo, great-hearted kindred spirits, from whose inspired mouths the holy word rushed. A pure pursuit of wisdom, obedient to their unswerving doctrines, adorned their divine lives.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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