Death & Dying
Book VII, 112
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
No by— neither shall we neglect to tell how Lyco died of the gout. The thing that surprises me most is that he who formerly walked with other people’s feet managed in one night to run all the way to Hades.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 112.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/20/.
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