Death & Dying
Epigram XII (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Death & Dying
If thou seekest Timarchus in the house of Hades to learn aught of the soul, or how it shall be with thee hereafter, seek the son of Pausanias of the Ptolemaic tribe, and thou shalt find him in the abode of the righteous.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/166/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/166/.
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