Death & Dying

Epigram V (Mair)

by Callimachus c. 310 – c. 240 BC

Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)

Death & Dying

Timon (for thou art no more), which is hateful to thee—Darkness or Light? “The Darkness, for there are more of you in Hades.”

MLA

Callimachus. “Epigram V (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/159/.

Chicago

Callimachus. “Epigram V (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/159/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Callimachus