Death & Dying

Book VII, 326

by Crates of Thebes 4th century BC (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)

Death & Dying

I wave all I got by study and by thought and the grave things I learnt with the Muses, but all my many and rich possessions Vanity seized on.

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Thebes, Crates of. “Book VII, 326.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crates/0/.

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