Death & Dying

Book VII, 706

by Diogenes Laertius 3rd century AD (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)

Death & Dying

Chrysippus became dizzy when he had drunk up the wine at a gulp, and sparing neither the Stoa, nor his country, nor his life, went to the house of Hades.

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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 706.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/36/.

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Laertius, Diogenes. “Book VII, 706.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/diogenes-laertius/36/.

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