Arts & Sciences

Book XVI, 31

by Speusippus c. 408 – 339 BC

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)

Arts & Sciences

The earth holds in its bosom this, the body of Plato, but his soul is equal in rank to the blessed gods.

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