Death & Dying
Book VII, 646
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
These were the last words that Erato spoke, throwing her arms round her dear father’s neck, her cheeks wet with fresh tears: “Father, I am thine no longer; I am gone, and sombre death casts already his black veil over my eyes.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anyte. “Book VII, 646.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anyte/11/.
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