Zosime who was never a slave but in body, has now gained freedom for her body too.

Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη
καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην.

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J. A. Symonds Jr., "Epitaph of a Slave", Studies of the Greek Poets (1873), p. 357 | She who was once but in her flesh a slave Hath for her flesh found freedom in the grave. | Earl of Cromer, "Freedom in Death", Paraphrases and Translations from the Greek (1903), p. 61 | Zosime, cursed with serfdom from the womb, Found Life in Death, and freedom in the tomb. | J. A. Pott, "A Slave Girl", Greek Love Songs and Epigrams (1911), p. 134 | O Zôzima, your soul was ever free, And now your body too hath liberty. | G. B. Grundy, "Free Among the Dead", Ancient Gems in Modern Settings (1913), p. 295 | She, when she lived, in nought but body was a slave; But when she died her body too found freedom in the grave.

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