Scaife ATLAS

Life of Demonax (44-45)

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008.perseus-eng4:44-45

Refs	`{'start': {'reference': '44', 'human_reference': 'Section 44'}, 'end': {'reference': '45', 'human_reference': 'Section 45'}}`
Ancestors	`[]`
Children	`[]`

plain text • XML

A minor poet called Admetus told him he had inserted a clause in his will for the inscribing on his tomb of a monostich, which I will give:

Admetus’ husk earth holds, and Heaven himself.

‘What a beautiful epitaph, Admetus!’ said Demonax, ‘and what a pity it is not up yet!’

The shrunk shanks of old age are a commonplace; but when his reached this state, some one asked him what was the matter with them. ‘Ah,’ he said with a smile, ‘Charon has been having a bite at them.’

Tokens

A	1	w	1
minor	1	w	6
poet	1	w	10
called	1	w	16
Admetus	1	w	23
told	1	w	27
him	1	w	30
he	1	w	32
had	1	w	35
inserted	1	w	43
a	3	w	44
clause	1	w	50
in	3	w	52
his	1	w	55
will	1	w	59
for	1	w	62
the	1	w	65
inscribing	1	w	75
on	1	w	77
his	2	w	80
tomb	1	w	84
of	1	w	86
a	5	w	87
monostich	1	w	96
which	1	w	102
I	1	w	103
will	2	w	107
give	1	w	111
Admetus	2	w	119
husk	1	w	124
earth	1	w	129
holds	1	w	134
and	1	w	138
Heaven	1	w	144
himself	1	w	151
What	1	w	157
a	10	w	158
beautiful	1	w	167
epitaph	1	w	174
Admetus	3	w	182
said	1	w	188
Demonax	1	w	195
and	2	w	200
what	1	w	204
a	17	w	205
pity	1	w	209
it	3	w	211
is	3	w	213
not	1	w	216
up	1	w	218
yet	1	w	221
The	1	w	226
shrunk	1	w	232
shanks	1	w	238
of	2	w	240
old	3	w	243
age	1	w	246
are	1	w	249
a	21	w	250
commonplace	1	w	261
but	1	w	265
when	1	w	269
his	3	w	272
reached	1	w	279
this	1	w	283
state	1	w	288
some	1	w	293
one	1	w	296
asked	1	w	301
him	3	w	304
what	2	w	308
was	1	w	311
the	2	w	314
matter	1	w	320
with	1	w	324
them	1	w	328
Ah	1	w	332
he	8	w	336
said	2	w	340
with	2	w	344
a	30	w	345
smile	1	w	350
Charon	1	w	358
has	1	w	361
been	1	w	365
having	1	w	371
a	34	w	372
bite	1	w	376
at	6	w	378
them	2	w	382