Death & Dying
Book VII, 492
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
We leave thee, Miletus, dear fatherland, refusing the lawless love of the impious Gauls, three maidens, thy citizens, whom the sword of the Celts forced to this fate. We brooked not the unholy union nor such a wedding, but we put ourselves in the wardship of Hades.;
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Attribution doubtful in Paton (Anyte of Mitylene?).
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