# Περὶ Πένθους 21

Lucian, Περὶ Πένθους, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-13/21

καὶ μέχρι μὲν θρήνων ὁ αὐτὸς ἅπασι νόμος τῆς ἀβελτερίας· τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου διελόμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη τὰς ταφὰς ὁ μὲν Ἕλλην ἔκαυσεν, ὁ δὲ Πέρσης ἔθαψεν, ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸς ὑάλῳ περιχρίει, ὁ δὲ Σκύθης κατεσθίει, ταριχεύει δὲ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος· οὗτος μέν γε — λέγω δὲ ἰδών — ξηράνας τὸν νεκρὸν σύνδειπνον καὶ συμπότην ἐποιήσατο. πολλάκις δὲ καὶ δεομένῳ χρημάτων ἀνδρὶ Αἰγυπτίῳ ἔλυσε τὴν ἀπορίαν ἐνέχυρον ἢ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν καιρῷ γενόμενος.

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Lucian, Περὶ Πένθους, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0062.tlg036.local001/.