Death & Dying
Book VIII, 161: On Emmelia, the Mother of St. Basil
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Emmelia is dead; who would have thought it, she who gave to life the light of so many and such children, sons and daughters married and unmarried? She alone among mortals had both good children and many. Three of her sons were illustrious priests, and one daughter the wife of a priest, and the rest like an army of saints.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 161: On Emmelia, the Mother of St. Basil.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/166/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 161: On Emmelia, the Mother of St. Basil.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/166/.
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