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SELECT EPIGRAMS FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY - XII

LIFE

 

I
THE JOY OF YOUTH
RUFINUS

Let us bathe, Prodice, and garland ourselves, and drain unmixed wine, lifting larger cups; little is our life of gladness, then old age will stop the rest, and death is the end.


II
THE USE OF LIFE
NICARCHUS

Must I not die? what matters it to me whether I depart to Hades gouty or fleet of foot? for many will carry me; let me become lame, for hardly on their account need I ever cease from revelling.

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