Death & Dying
Book IX, 294
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
A. “Xerxes gave thee this purple cloak, Leonidas, reverencing thy valorous deeds.” B. “I do not accept it; that is the reward of traitors. Let me be clothed in my shield in death too ; no wealthy funeral forme!” A, “But thou art dead. Why dost thou hate the Persians so bitterly even in death?” B. “The passion for freedom dies not.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book IX, 294.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/33/.
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