Death & Dying
Book VII, 269
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Mariners, may ye be safe on sea and land; but know that this tomb ye are passing is a shipwrecked man’s.
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