Death & Dying

On the Same (Mackail)

by Anonymous (Greek Anthology) various, 7th c. BC – 10th c. AD

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Death & Dying

Mariner, ask not whose tomb I am here, but be thine own fortune a kinder sea.

MLA

Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1139/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1139/.

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