Death & Dying
Book VII, 591
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
I am the tomb of Hypatius and I do not say that I contain in this little space the remains of the great Roman general. For the earth, ashamed of burying so great a man in so small a tomb, preferred to give him to the sea to keep.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book VII, 591.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/30/.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book VII, 591.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/30/.
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