Death & Dying
Book VII, 30: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
This is Anacreon’s tomb; here sleeps the Teian swan and the untempered madness of his passion for lads. Still singeth he some song of longing to the lyre about Bathyllus, and the white marble is perfumed with ivy. Not even death has quenched thy loves, and in the house of Acheron thou sufferest all through thee the pangs of the fever of Cypris.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 30: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/17/.
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