Death & Dying
Book VII, 376
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Unhappy men why do we wander confiding in empty hopes, oblivious of painful death? Here was this Seleucus so perfect in speech and character; but after enjoying his prime but for a season, in Spain, at the end of the world, so far from Lesbos, he lies a stranger on that uncharted coast.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book VII, 376.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/14/.
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