Death & Dying
On an Unhappy Man (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
I Dionysius of Tarsus lie here at sixty, having never married; and would that my father had not.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On an Unhappy Man (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1156/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On an Unhappy Man (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1156/.
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