Death & Dying
Book VII, 274
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
T announce the name of Timocles and look round in every direction over the salt sea, wondering where his corpse may be. Alas the fishes have devoured him ere this, and I, this useless stone, bear this idle writing carved on me.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Honestus. “Book VII, 274.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/honestus/1/.
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Honestus. “Book VII, 274.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/honestus/1/.
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