Death & Dying
Book VII, 705: Not Sepulchral
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Amphipolis, tomb of Edonian Phyllis, washed by the Strymon and great Hellespont, all that is left of thee is the ruin of the temple of Brauronian Artemis and the disputed water of thy river. We see her for whom the Athenians strove so long now lying like a torn rag of precious purple on either bank,
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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