Death & Dying
Ante Diem (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Ever insatiate Charon, why hast thou wantonly taken young Attalus? was he not thine, even if he had died old?
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Bithynia, Bianor of. “Ante Diem (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bianor/21/.
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Bithynia, Bianor of. “Ante Diem (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bianor/21/.
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