Death & Dying
Book VII, 104: On Arcesilaus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Arcesilaus, why did you drink so much wine, and so unsparingly as to slip out of your senses? I am not so sorry for you because you died as because you did violence to the Muses by using immoderate cups.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 104: On Arcesilaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/12/.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 104: On Arcesilaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/12/.
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