Death & Dying
Book VII, 563
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Thou art bound in brazen silence, Chryseomallus, and no longer dost thou figure to us the men of old time in dumb show. Now, most gifted man, is thy silence, in which we once took delight, grievous to us.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book VII, 563.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/54/.
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