Death & Dying
Book VII, 735
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Phocaea, glorious city, these were the last words Theano spoke as she descended into the vast night: “Alas unhappy that I am, Apellichus! What sea, my husband, art thou crossing in thy swift ship? But by me death stands close, and would I could die holding thy dear hand in mine.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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