Living
Book X, 65
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
Life is a perilous voyage; for often we are tempest-tossed in it and are in a worse case than shipwrecked men. With Fortune at Life’s helm we sail uncertainly as on the open sea, some on a fair voyage, others the reverse: but all alike reach one harbour under the earth.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book X, 65.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/76/.
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