Death & Dying
Book VII, 44: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Though a tearful fate befel thee, O Euripides, devoured by wolf-hounds, thou, the honey-voiced nightingale of the stage, the ornament of Athens, who didst mingle the grace of the Muses with wisdom, yet thou wast laid in the tomb at Pella, that the servant of the Pierian Muses should dwell near the home of his mistresses.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ion (not the tragic poet). “Book VII, 44: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ion/1/.
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Ion (not the tragic poet). “Book VII, 44: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ion/1/.
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