XXXIII
ON A CHILD OF SEVEN
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Hermes messenger of Persephone, whom usherest thou thus to the
laughterless abyss of Death? what hard fate snatched Ariston from the
fresh air at seven years old? and the child stands between his
parents. Pluto delighting in tears, are not all mortal spirits
allotted to thee? why gatherest thou the unripe grapes of youth?


XXXIV
ON A BOY OF TWELVE
CALLIMACHUS

Philip the father laid here the twelve-years-old child, his high hope,
Nicoteles.


XXXV
ON CLEOETES
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Looking on the monument of a dead boy, Cleoetes son of Menesaechmus,
pity him who was beautiful and died.


XXXVI
ON A BEAUTIFUL BOY
AUTHOR UNKNOWN