Death & Dying
Book VII, 186
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
But now the sweet flute was echoing in the bridal chamber of Nikippis, and the house rejoiced in the clapping of hands at her wedding. But the voice of wailing burst in upon the bridal hymn, and we saw her dead, the poor child, not yet quite a wife. O tearful Hades, why didst thou divorce the bridegroom and bride, thou who thyself takest delight in ravishment?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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