Death & Dying

Book VII, 675: Isopsephon

by Leonidas of Alexandria 1st century AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)

Death & Dying

Tremble not in loosing thy cable from the tomb of the shipwrecked man. While I was perishing another was travelling unhurt.’

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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 675: Isopsephon.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/5/.

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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 675: Isopsephon.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/5/.

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