Death & Dying
Book VII, 541
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Standing in the forefront of the battle, Chaeronidas, so spokest thou, “Zeus, grant me death or victory,” on-that night when by Achaean Taphros, the foe made thee meet him in stubborn battle strife: verily doth Elis sing of thee above all men for thy valour, who didst then shed thy warm blood on the foreign earth.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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