Death & Dying

Book VII, 472b

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

Avoid the storms of life and hie ye to the haven, to Hades, as I, Pheidon the son of Critas, did.

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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 472b.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/54/.

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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 472b.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/54/.

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