Death & Dying
Book VII, 433
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
His Spartan mother slew the Spartan Demetrius for transgressing the law. Bringing her sharp sword to the guard, she said, gnashing her teeth, like a Laconian woman as she was: “Perish, craven whelp, evil piece, to Hell with thee! He who is not worthy of Sparta is not my son.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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