Death & Dying
Book VII, 512
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Through the valour of these men the smoke of spacious Tegea in flames never went up to heaven. They resolved to leave to their children their city prospering in freedom and to die themselves in the forefront of the fight.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book VII, 512.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/39/.
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