Death & Dying
Book VII, 381
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
The same boat, a double task exacted of it, carried Hieroclides to his living and into Hades. It fed him by his fishing, and it burnt him dead, travelling with him to the chase and travelling with him to Hades. Indeed the fisherman was very well off, as he sailed the seas in his own ship and raced to Hades by means of his own ship.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Messene, Etruscus of. “Book VII, 381.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/etruscus/0/.
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