Death & Dying

Book VII, 556: On a mime

by Theodorus the Proconsul 6th century AD (Paton’s date)

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

Death & Dying

Hades is grim, but he laughed at thy death, Tityrus, and made thee the mime of the dead.

MLA

Proconsul, Theodorus the. “Book VII, 556: On a mime.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theodorus-proconsul/0/.

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Proconsul, Theodorus the. “Book VII, 556: On a mime.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theodorus-proconsul/0/.

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