Death & Dying
Book VIII, 152: On Helladius
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
This burial place of the martyrs holds Helladius young in years, but great in Christ and grey in thought. This is no profanation, for he suffered pains like theirs, extinguishing the attack of his envious adversary.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 152: On Helladius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/157/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 152: On Helladius.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/157/.
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