ἐν καλάμῳ πήξας ἀθέρα Στρατόνικος ὁ λεπτός,
καὶ τριχὸς ἐκδήσας, αὑτὸν ἀπηγχόνισεν
καὶ τί γάρ; οὐχὶ κάτω βρῖσεν βαρύς: ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν,
νηνεμίας οὔσης, νεκρὸς ἄνω πέταται.

— Paton edition

Dans un fétu de paille, il enfonça une arête, Stratonicos, le fluet. Puis il y attacha un cheveu et s'y pendit. Qu'arriva-t-il? Son poids ne l'entraîna pas vers le sol; mais bien haut par-dessus la potence, quoique le vent soit nul, le cadavre voltige...

— R. Aubreton

Thin Stratonicus fixed on a reed a spike of com and
attaching himself to it by a hair hanged himself.
And what happened ? He was not heavy enough to
hang down, but his dead body flies in the air above
his gallows, although there is no wind.

— Paton edition

Thin Stratonicus fixed on a reed a spike of com and
attaching himself to it by a hair hanged himself.
And what happened ? He was not heavy enough to
hang down, but his dead body flies in the air above
his gallows, although there is no wind.

— Paton edition

Dans un fétu de paille, il enfonça une arête, Stratonicos, le fluet. Puis il y attacha un cheveu et s'y pendit. Qu'arriva-t-il? Son poids ne l'entraîna pas vers le sol; mais bien haut par-dessus la potence, quoique le vent soit nul, le cadavre voltige...

— R. Aubreton

ἐν καλάμῳ πήξας ἀθέρα Στρατόνικος ὁ λεπτός,
καὶ τριχὸς ἐκδήσας, αὑτὸν ἀπηγχόνισεν
καὶ τί γάρ; οὐχὶ κάτω βρῖσεν βαρύς: ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν,
νηνεμίας οὔσης, νεκρὸς ἄνω πέταται.

— Paton edition