Epigram 8.139

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οἴχεαι, ὦ Νικόμηδες, ἐμὸν κλέος ἡ δὲ συνωρὶς
σῶν καθαρὴ τεκέων πῶς βίον ἐξανύσει;
τίς δὲ τέλος νηῷ περικάλλεϊ χεὶρ ἐπιθήσει;
τίς δὲ Θεῷ πέμψει φρὴν τελέην θυσίην,

σεῖο, μάκαρ, μιχθέντος ἐπουρανίοισι τάχιστα;
ὦ γενεὴ τλήμων, οἷα πάθες, μερόπων,

— Paton edition

Thou art gone, Nicomedes, my glory, and how
shall the pure pair, thy children, pass their life?
What hand shall finish the lovely church, and what
mind shall render a perfect sacrifice to God, now that
thou, blessed man, hast early joined the heavenly
ones ? O wretched race of mortals, what a misfortune
is yours!

— Paton edition

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Epigram 8.139: Addition of [eng] Thou art gone, Nicomedes, my glory, … by “maximeguénette

Epigram 8.139: Addition of [fra] Tu es parti, Nicomède, ma gloire; … by “maximeguénette

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