Death & Dying
Book VII, 708
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Light earth, give birth to ivy that loves the stage to flourish on the tomb of Macho the writer of comedies. For thou holdest no re-dyed drone, but he whom thou clothest is a worthy remnant of ancient art. This shall the old man say: “O city of Cecrops, sometimes on the banks of the Nile, too, the strong-scented thyme of poesy grows.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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