Death & Dying
Book VII, 78: On Eratosthenes
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
A mild old age, no darkening disease, put out thy light, Eratosthenes son of Aglaus, and, thy high studies over, thou sleepest the appointed sleep. Cyrene thy mother did not receive thee into the tombs of thy fathers, but thou art buried on this fringe of Proteus’ shore,' beloved even in a strange land.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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