Death & Dying
Book VII, 379: Not Sepulchral
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
A, “Tell me, Dicaearchia, why thou hast built thee so vast a mole in the sea, reaching out to the middle of the deep? They were Cyclopes’ hands that planted such walls in the sea. How long, O Land, shalt thou do violence to us?” B. “I can receive the navies of the world. Look at Rome hard by; is not my harbour as great as she?”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book VII, 379: Not Sepulchral.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/12/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book VII, 379: Not Sepulchral.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/12/.
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