Religion
Book VIII, 75: Prayer of his Parents for Gregory the Great
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Gregory, great champion of the learned youth and of the priesthood, staff of our grey years, may thy life be happy and enjoy all the blessings which fall to sons who tend their parents’ old age and mayst thou meet with an easy and holy end, even as the Lord gave to our many years.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 75: Prayer of his Parents for Gregory the Great.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/79/.
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Nazianzus, Gregory of. “Book VIII, 75: Prayer of his Parents for Gregory the Great.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gregory-nazianzus/79/.
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