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Greek Anthology Book I Chapter X Part III

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The Human Comedy



The Greek Anthology

Introduction

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XXI
PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING
LUCILIUS

Lean Gaius yesterday breathed his very last breath, and left nothing at all for burial, but having passed down into Hades just as he was in life, flutters there the thinnest of the anatomies under earth; and his kinsfolk lifted an empty bier on their shoulders, inscribing above it, "This is Gaius' funeral."

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