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Headword:
*sti/xoi
*dhmhtri/ou
ei)s
fqonerou/s
Adler number: phi,512
Translated headword: lines of Demetrios against the envious
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "The man whom they dishonoured while alive they yearn for once he is dead; and some day a struggle for his tomb and lifeless image seizes cities, and the people set up strife."
Greek Original:*sti/xoi *dhmhtri/ou ei)s fqonerou/s: zw|o\n a)tima/santes a)pofqi/menon poqe/ousi. kai\ po/q' u(pe\r tu/mboio kai\ a)pno/ou ei)dw/loio a)/stea nei=kos e)ph=lqen, e)/rin d' e)sth/sato lao/s.
Note:
From
Diogenes Laertius 5.85, who says that these three lines were the only ones preserved under the name of this epic poet.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 November 2001@04:29:53.
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