Death & Dying
Book VII, 11: On Erinna (inscribed on a Volume of her Poems)
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
This is the sweet work of Erinna, not great indeed in volume, as being that of a maiden of nineteen, but greater in power than that of many others. If Death had not come early to me, who would have had such a name?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “Book VII, 11: On Erinna (inscribed on a Volume of her Poems).” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/18/.
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Samos, Asclepiades of. “Book VII, 11: On Erinna (inscribed on a Volume of her Poems).” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/18/.
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