Death & Dying
Book XIII, 6
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
This admirable portrait of the comedian, crowned for a triumph with ivy and garlands, I set up that it might stand as a monument on Lycon’s grave. For this memorial of him who was so charming in familiar talk and over the wine, this presentment of his features, is offered by me to preserve the memory among posterity also of how the glorious man entertained us. (?)
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Paton’s metre label: ‘Hendecasyllable trimeters’.
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