Death & Dying
Book VIII, 173: To those who build Churches out of Stones taken from Tombs
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
If is paying honour to the martyrs always to die to life, remembering the great heavenly blood; but tombs are an honour to the dead. Let him who erects shrines to us out of the stones belonging to others lack himself a tomb.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 173: To those who build Churches out of Stones taken from Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/178/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 173: To those who build Churches out of Stones taken from Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/178/.
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