Death & Dying
Book VII, 710
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Ye columns and my Sirens, and thou, mournful pitcher that holdest the little ash of death, bid them who pass by my tomb hail, be they citizens or from another town; and tell this, too, that I was buried here a bride, and that my father called me Baucis, and that my country was Tenos, that they may know. Say, likewise, that my friend and companion Erinna engraved these lines on my tomb.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Erinna. “Book VII, 710.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/erinna/1/.
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Erinna. “Book VII, 710.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/erinna/1/.
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