Death & Dying
Epigram 11: Say, dost thou seek Timarchus now
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
Say, dost thou seek Timarchus now,
To talk with him in shades below
Of truths before unknown to thee,
As, Where th’ immortal mind must be?
Go, search the fam’d Elysian plain
For ancient Ptolemeus’ train,
You’ll find him there (his body ’s dust)
Amid th’ assemblies of the just.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 11: Say, dost thou seek Timarchus now.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/105/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 11: Say, dost thou seek Timarchus now.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/105/.
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