Death & Dying
Book VII, 634
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Old Philo, stooping to lift the bier to gain his daily wage, stumbled slightly, but fell and was killed; for he was ripe for Hades, and old age was on the look out for an opportunity; and so all unawares he lifted for himself that bier on which he used to carry the corpses of others.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book VII, 634.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/16/.
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