Death & Dying
Book VII, 606
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Gentle, clothed in freedom, sweet of aspect, leaving alive a son who tended his old age, Theodorus rests here in hope of better things than death, happy in his labour and happy in his death.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book VII, 606.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/57/.
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