Death & Dying
Book VII, 711
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Already her saffron couch inside the golden wedding-chamber had been laid for Clinareta the bride of Pitana. Already her parents Demo and Nicippus were looking forward to raising on high in both hands the blazing pine-torch, when sickness carried the girl away and took her to the sea of Lethe. All sadly her girl companions instead of beating at her door beat their breasts, as is the rite of death.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 711.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/48/.
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