Death & Dying
Book VII, 514
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Shame of retreat led Cleodemus, too, to mournful death when on the banks of ever-flowing Theaerus he engaged the Thracian troop, and his warrior son made the name of his father, Diphilus, famous.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book VII, 514.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/41/.
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