Death & Dying
Book VIII, 103: On the Same and her Husband Alypius
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Gorgonion having dedicated to Christ her possessions, her flesh, her bones, and everything, left her husband alone, yet not for long, but Christ carried off suddenly glorious Alypius too. Happy husband of a most happy wife, ye live born again, having washed off all filth in the baptismal bath.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 103: On the Same and her Husband Alypius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/108/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 103: On the Same and her Husband Alypius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/108/.
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