Death & Dying
Book VII, 165: Another Variant
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
A. “Tell me, lady, who thou wast?” B. “Praxo.” A. “Who thy father?” B. “Calliteles.”A. “And from what country art thou?” B. “Samos.” A. “Who made thy tomb?” B. “Theocritus who took me to wife.” A. “How didst thou die?” B. “In labour pangs.” A. “At what age?” B. “Twenty-two.” A. “Hast thou left a child?” B. “Calliteles, a baby of three.” A. “May he grow to manhood.” B. “And may Fortune, O wayfarer, end thy life happily.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Attribution doubtful in Paton (Antipater of Sidon or Archias).
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 165: Another Variant.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/26/.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 165: Another Variant.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/26/.
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