Death & Dying
Book VII, 113
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
An asp that had much poison, not to be wiped off, darting no light but black death from its eyes, slew wise Demetrius.
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