Death & Dying
Book VIII, 217: On Violators of Tombs
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
The tombs all cried “ Help the dead !”’ when the furious spoiler was breaking up this tomb. The dead ery to the tombs, “What shall we do? Justice has left the earth and flown up to heaven again, even as she did at the first slaying of oxen.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 217: On Violators of Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/222/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 217: On Violators of Tombs.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/222/.
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