Death & Dying
Book VII, 733
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
We two old women Anaxo and Cleno the twin daughters of Epicrates were ever together; Cleno was in life the priestess of the Graces and Anaxo served Demeter. We wanted nine days to complete our eightieth year . . . We loved our husbands and children, and we, the old women, won gentle death before them.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Miletus, Diotimus of. “Book VII, 733.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diotimus-miletus/7/.
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