Death & Dying
Book VII, 26: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Stranger who passest by the simple tomb of Anacreon, if any profit came to thee from my books, pour on my ashes, pour some drops, that my bones may rejoice refreshed with wine, that I who delighted in the loud-voiced revels of Dionysus, I who dwelt amid such music as loveth wine, even in death may not suffer without Bacchus my sojourn in this land to which all the sons of men must come.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 26: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/14/.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 26: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/14/.
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