Death & Dying
Book VII, 163
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
A. “Who art thou, who thy father, lady lying under the column of Parian marble?” B. “Praxo, daughter of Calliteles.” A. “And thy country?” B. “Samos.” A. “Who laid thee to rest?” B. “Theocritus to whom my parents gave me in marriage.” A. “And how didst thou die?” B. “In childbirth.” A. “How old?” B. “Twenty-two.” A. “Childless then?” B. “No! I left behind my three year old Calliteles.” A. “May he live and reach a ripe old age.’ B. “And to thee, stranger, may Fortune give all good things.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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