Death & Dying
Epitaph IV. — For Achilles
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VI. — Epitaphs on the Heroes who took part in the Trojan War
Not one the land which holds the son of Aeacus: his bones are buried on the Sigean shore, and at Larissa were his tresses burned. Part of him lies hidden in the tomb, part was borne home by the fleet; but in the whole world Homer shall show him living once again.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph IV. — For Achilles.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/69/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph IV. — For Achilles.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/69/.
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