Epigram 8.131

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ἤλυθε κ᾽ Ἀμφιλόχοιο φίλον δέμας ἐς μέγα σῆμα,
ψυχὴ δ᾽ ἐς μακάρων ᾤχετ᾽ ἀποπταμένη.

πηοῖς πάντα πέπασσο, μακάρτατε: βίβλον ἔῳξας
πᾶσαν ὅση θνητῶν, κεἴ τις ἐπουρανίη.

γηραλέος φιλίην ὑπέδυς χθόνα: τέκνα λέλοιπας
κρείσσονα καὶ τοκέων τὸ πλέον οὐ μερόπων.

— Paton edition

Amphilocus' dear body has come too to the great
tomb, but his soul flew away to the place of the blest.
All thy possessions were thy kinsmen's, blessed
among men. Thou didst leave no book human or
divine unopened. In old age thou didst descend be
neath the kind earth. Thou hast left children even
better than their parents. More is not for mortals.

— Paton edition

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