Death & Dying
Book VII, 471
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Cleombrotus the Ambracian saying, “Farewell, O Sun,” leapt from a high wall to Hades, not that he saw any evil worthy of death, but that he had read one treatise of Plato, that on the soul.
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Callimachus. “Book VII, 471.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/36/.
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Callimachus. “Book VII, 471.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/36/.
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