Death & Dying
Book VIII, 35: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Nonna was released as she was calling aloud in prayer by the most holy table ; there the voice and the lovely lips of the aged woman were arrested. Why marvel thereat? God willed to put the lock on her hymning tongue as it was in the act of uttering words of happy omen, and now from heaven she prays aloud for mortals.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 35: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/37/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 35: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/37/.
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