Death & Dying

Book VII, 136: On Priam

by Antipater of Sidon fl. c. 130 BC

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)

Death & Dying

Small am I, the barrow of Priam the hero, not that I am worthy of such a man, but because I was built by the hands of his foes.

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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 136: On Priam.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/22/.

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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 136: On Priam.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/22/.

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