Death & Dying

Epigram XXI (Mair)

by Callimachus c. 310 – c. 240 BC

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

Death & Dying

Here the father laid his twelve-year son: here Philippus laid his great hope—Nicoteles.

MLA

Callimachus. “Epigram XXI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/175/.

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Callimachus. “Epigram XXI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/175/.

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