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Book IX, 446
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
But the paths of life are pleasant. In the middle of the city there are fame and society; at home our griefs are hidden. The country has its delights, sea-voyages give profit, and foreign countries acquaintanceships. Marriage produces domestic concord, while the unmarried life is ever free from care. A child is his father’s defence, while the childless are quit of fear. It is the virtue of youth to give us courage, that of hoary hairs to give us wisdom. Therefore be of good heart, and live and produce offspring.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Paton: cp. No. 360.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book IX, 446.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/43/.
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Julian, Prefect of Egypt. “Book IX, 446.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julianus-egypt/43/.
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