Living
Book X, 47
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
Eat and drink and keep silence in mourning ; for we should not, as Homer said, mourn the dead with our belly. Yes, and he shows us Niobe, who buried her twelve dead children all together, taking thought for food.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book X, 47.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/59/.
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