Death & Dying

Book VII, 461

by Meleager of Gadara fl. c. 100 BC

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

Death & Dying

Hail earth, Mother of all! Aesigenes was never a burden to thee, and do thou too hold him without weighing heavy on him.

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Gadara, Meleager of. “Book VII, 461.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/60/.

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Gadara, Meleager of. “Book VII, 461.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/60/.

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