τέρπης εὐφόρμιγγα κρέκων σκιάδεσσιν ἀοιδὰν
κάτθαν᾽ † ενοστησας ἐν Λακεδαιμονίοις,
οὐκ ἄορι πληγείς, οὐδ᾽ ἐν βέλει, ἀλλ᾽ ἐνὶ σύκῳ
χείλεα. φεῦ: προφάσεων οὐκ ἀπορεῖ θάνατος.

— Paton edition

Terpes,¹ harping beautifully at the Carneian feast
of tabernacles, died . . . among the Lacedaemonians,
not wounded by a sword or a missile, but by a fig
on the lips. Alas ! Death is never at a loss for
occasions.

— Paton edition

Terpes,¹ harping beautifully at the Carneian feast
of tabernacles, died . . . among the Lacedaemonians,
not wounded by a sword or a missile, but by a fig
on the lips. Alas ! Death is never at a loss for
occasions.

— Paton edition

τέρπης εὐφόρμιγγα κρέκων σκιάδεσσιν ἀοιδὰν
κάτθαν᾽ † ενοστησας ἐν Λακεδαιμονίοις,
οὐκ ἄορι πληγείς, οὐδ᾽ ἐν βέλει, ἀλλ᾽ ἐνὶ σύκῳ
χείλεα. φεῦ: προφάσεων οὐκ ἀπορεῖ θάνατος.

— Paton edition