Death & Dying
Book VII, 145: On Ajax
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Here sit I, miserable Virtue, by this tomb of Ajax, with shorn hair, smitten with heavy sorrow that cunning Fraud hath more power with the Greeks than I,
Cite this poem
MLA
Samos, Asclepiades of. “Book VII, 145: On Ajax.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/19/.
Chicago
Samos, Asclepiades of. “Book VII, 145: On Ajax.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/asclepiades/19/.
Read this poem with the Codex →