Death & Dying
Epigram 24: Cleombrotus, high on a rock
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
Cleombrotus, high on a rock,
Above Ambracia stood,
Bade Sol adieu, and, as he spoke,
Plung’d headlong in the flood.
From no mischance the leap he took,
But sought the realms beneath,
Because he read in Plato’s book,
That souls live after death.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram 24: Cleombrotus, high on a rock.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/118/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 24: Cleombrotus, high on a rock.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/118/.
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