Death & Dying
Book VIII, 207: On Violators of Tombs
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Stay and plunder, ye evil men, lovers of filthy lucre; none will check your love of money. If thou hadst the courage to do this for the sake of evilcounselling gold, venture to lay thy rapacious hand on all things.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 207: On Violators of Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/212/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 207: On Violators of Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/212/.
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