Death & Dying

Book VII, 529

by Theodoridas 3rd century BC (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)

Death & Dying

Daring leads a man to Hades and to heaven; daring laid Dorotheus, Sosander’s son, on the pyre; for winning freedom for Phthia he was smitten midway between Sekoi and Chimera.

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Theodoridas. “Book VII, 529.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theodoridas/11/.

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