Death & Dying
The Fields of Persephone (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
No longer in the wealthy house of Alcis, O shrill grasshopper, shall the sun behold thee singing; for now thou art flown to the meadows of Clymenus and the dewy flowers of golden Persephone.
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MLA
Rhodes, Aristodicus of. “The Fields of Persephone (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aristodicus/2/.
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Rhodes, Aristodicus of. “The Fields of Persephone (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aristodicus/2/.
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