Death & Dying
Book VII, 170
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
The dumb image of himself attracted Archianax the three year old boy, as he was playing by the well. His mother dragged him all dripping from the water, asking herself if any life was left in him. The child defiled not with death the dwelling of the Nymphs, but fell asleep on his mother’s knees, and slumbers sound.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Attribution doubtful in Paton (Posidippus or Callimachus).
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