Death & Dying
Book VII, 100: On Aleais and Phaedrus (not an epitaph)
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Now when I said nothing except just that Alexis is fair, he is looked at everywhere and by everyone when he appears. Why, my heart, dost thou point out bones to dogs and have to sorrow for it afterwards? Was it not thus that I lost Phaedrus?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Plato. “Book VII, 100: On Aleais and Phaedrus (not an epitaph).” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/6/.
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Plato. “Book VII, 100: On Aleais and Phaedrus (not an epitaph).” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/6/.
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