Religion
Book VIII, 168: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Assert not falsely that martyrs are commenders of the belly. This is the law of your gullets, good people. But I know one way of honouring the martyrs, to drive away wantonness from the soul, and decrease thy fatness by weeping. plains of is that festivals degenerated into festivities.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 168: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/173/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 168: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/173/.
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