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Death & Dying

Book VII, 316

by Leonidas of Tarentum fl. early 3rd century BC

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

Death & Dying

Pass by my monument, neither greeting me, nor asking who I am and whose son. Otherwise mayst thou never reach the end of the journey thou art on, and if thou passest by in silence, not even then mayst thou reach the journey’s end.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Codex Note

Attribution doubtful in Paton (Leonidas or Antipater).

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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 316.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/44/.

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