Death & Dying
Book VII, 383
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Look on this corpse of a most unhappy man scattered on the beach shredded by the sea-dashed rocks. Here lies the hairless and toothless head and here the five fingers of a hand, here the fleshless ribs, the feet without their sinews and the disjointed legs. This man of many parts once was one. Blest indeed are those who were never born to see the sun!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book VII, 383.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/26/.
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