Death & Dying
Book VII, 400
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
This bone is that of some man who laboured much. Either wast thou a merchant or a fisher in the blind, uncertain sea. ‘Tell to mortals that eagerly pursuing other hopes we all rest at the end in the haven of such a hope.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Serapion of. “Book VII, 400.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/serapion/0/.
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Alexandria, Serapion of. “Book VII, 400.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/serapion/0/.