Death & Dying
Book VII, 641: Not Sepulchral, but on a Water-clock
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
This recorder of the invisible sun, divided into twelve parts, and as often speaking with tongueless mouth, each time that, the water being compressed in the narrow pipe, the air sends forth a sonorous blast, was erected by Athenaeus for the public, so that the sun might be visible even when covered by envious clouds.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book VII, 641: Not Sepulchral, but on a Water-clock.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/18/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book VII, 641: Not Sepulchral, but on a Water-clock.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/18/.
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