Death & Dying
Epigram XI (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Death & Dying
Here Saon of Acanthus, son of Dicon, sleeps the holy sleep. Say not that the good die.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram XI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/165/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/165/.
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