Death & Dying
Book VIII, 26: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
How are Nonna’s goodly knees relaxed, how are her lips closed, why sheds she not fountains from her eyes? Others cry aloud by her tomb, and the holy table no longer bears the gifts of her generous hands. The place misses her holy foot, and the priests no longer shall lay their trembling hands upon her head. Widows and orphans ! what will ye do? Virgins and well mated couples! shear your hair... glorying in which she let fall on the ground all that was on her head, then when in the temple she quitted her wrinkled body.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 26: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/28/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 26: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/28/.
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