Palladas (flourished 4th century AD) was a Greek poet, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. All that is known about this poet has been deduced from his 151 epigrams preserved in the Anthologia Graeca a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the Greek Anthology comes from two manuscripts, the Palatine Anthology of the 10th century and the Anthology of Planudes (or Planudean Anthology) of the 14th century.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
An Epigram Written by Palladas of Alexandria,4th Century AD
It is no great step for a poor man to his grave He lived his life out only half alive
But when the man of plenty nears the end of his Death yawns beneath him like a precipice.
