“I would not ask you, nor would you, if you still wished, do it
joyfully with me. Be such as seems good to you. But I will bury him. It
is glorious for me doing this to die. I beloved will lie with him
beloved, having, like a criminal, done what is holy; since the time is
longer which it is necessary for me to please those below, than those
here, for there I shall always lie. But if it seems good to you, hold
in dishonor things which are honored by the gods.”