Death & Dying
Book VII, 202: On a Cock
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
No longer, as of old, shalt thou awake early to rouse me from bed, flapping rapidly thy wings; for the spoiler stole secretly upon thee, as thou didst sleep, and slew thee, nipping thy throat swiftly with his claws.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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