Lucian of Samosata, De luctu, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 22

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[22] Regarding grave-mounds, pyramids, tombstones, and epitaphs, all of which endure but a brief space, are they not superfluous and akin to child’s play?¹

De luctu. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.

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Current edition Perseus

On Funerals (English) (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).)

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Περὶ Πένθους Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).) — 22 focus

[22] χώματα μὲν γὰρ καὶ πυραμίδες καὶ στῆλαι καὶ ἐπιγράμματα πρὸς ὀλίγον διαρκοῦντα πῶς οὐ περιττὰ καὶ παιδιαῖς προσεοικότα;

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Of Mourning Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 22 focus

[22] The childish futility of pyramids and mounds and columns, with their short-lived inscriptions, is obvious.

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On Funerals

Compare Teles (Hense, p. 31, 1. 8): “But it seems to me that this (closing the eyes of the dead) is just child’s play on our part.”

Lucian of Samosata De luctu 22

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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