Death & Dying
Book VII, 585
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Myron, the span of his life finished, went to Hades in his own boat, not requiring the ferry-boat of the dead. For she who was in life his support and the witness of his toil, often loaded with his prey from the sea, was his fellow-traveller in death too, when he came to his end in company with the burning boat; so faithful to her master was she, increasing his substance and travelling with him to life and to death.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book VII, 585.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/26/.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book VII, 585.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/26/.
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