Death & Dying
Epitaph IX. — For Pyrrhus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book VI. — Epitaphs on the Heroes who took part in the Trojan War
Death & Dying
At the world's centre I am buried, greater in prowess than my father, seeing that while yet a boy I, Pyrrhus, won a king's own spoils.
Orestes slew me before the altar, adding sacrilege to treachery — what wonder, when he was raving from his mother's murder?
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph IX. — For Pyrrhus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/74/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epitaph IX. — For Pyrrhus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/74/.
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