Epigram 8.173

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τιμὴ Μάρτυσίν ἐστιν ἀεὶ θνῄσκειν βιότητι,
αἵματος οὐρανίου μνωομένους μεγάλου,
τύμβοι δὲ φθιμένοις: ὃς βήματα δ᾽ ἡμὶν ἐγείρει
ἀλλοτρίοισι λίθοις, μηδὲ τάφοιο τύχοι.

— Paton edition

It is paying honour to the martyrs always to die
to life, remembering the great heavenly blood; but
tombs are an honour to the dead. Let him who
erects shrines to us out of the stones belonging to
others lack himself a tomb.

— Paton edition

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