Death & Dying
Book VII, 75: On Stesichorus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Stesichorus, the vast immeasurable voice of the Muse, was buried in Catana’s fiery land, he in whose breast, as telleth the philosopher Pythagoras, Homer's soul lodged again.
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Attribution doubtful in Paton (Antipater of Sidon?).
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