Religion
Book VIII, 167: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
“Tell me, martyrs, truly, if ye love the meetings?” “What could be dearer to us?” “For the sake of what?” “Virtue, for if virtue were honoured, many men would become better.” “Ye are right in this, but drunkenness and enslavement to the belly is for others. Dissipation is alien to the martyrs.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 167: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/172/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 167: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/172/.
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