Death & Dying
Epigram II (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Death & Dying
One told me, Heracleitus, of thy death and brought me to tears, and I remembered how often we two in talking put the sun to rest. Thou, methinks, Halicarnasian friend, art ashes long and long ago; but thy nightingales live still, whereon Hades, snatcher of all things, shall not lay his hand.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram II (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/156/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram II (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/156/.
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