Death & Dying
Book VII, 660
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Stranger, a Syracusan named Orthon enjoins this upon thee: “Never go out drunk on a winter night.” For that was what caused my death, and instead of resting in my ample country I lie clothed in foreign soil.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 660.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/66/.
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