Death & Dying
Book VII, 727
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Philetas seemed inferior to none in the gifts of his mind; let him who envies him go and cry himself to death. Yet but empty pleasure hath a man in fame, for in Hades Thersites is as highly honoured as Minos.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Theaetetus. “Book VII, 727.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theaetetus/4/.
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Scholasticus, Theaetetus. “Book VII, 727.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theaetetus/4/.
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