Death & Dying
Book VII, 130: On Protagoras
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
About you, too, Protagoras, I heard that once leaving Athens in your old age you died on the road; for the city of Cecrops decreed your exile. So you escaped from Athens but not from Pluto.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 130: On Protagoras.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/33/.
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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 130: On Protagoras.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/33/.
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