Time & Brevity
Book X, 100
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Brief would be the whole span of life that we wretched men live, even if grey old age awaited us all, and briefer yet is the space of our prime. Therefore, while the season is ours, let all be in plenty, song, love, carousal. Henceforth is the winter of heavy eld. Thou wouldst give ten minae to be a man, but no such fetters shall be set on thy manhood.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Macedonia, Antiphanes of. “Book X, 100.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphanes/5/.
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