Death & Dying
On the Slain in a Battle in Thessaly (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
These men also, the steadfast among spears, dark Fate destroyed as they defended their native land rich in sheep; but they being dead their glory is alive, who woefully clad their limbs in the dust of Ossa.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Aeschylus. “On the Slain in a Battle in Thessaly (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aeschylus/2/.
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Aeschylus. “On the Slain in a Battle in Thessaly (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aeschylus/2/.
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