Death & Dying
Epigram XXIII (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Whosoever thou art who walkest past my tomb, know that I am son and sire of Callimachus of Cyrene. Thou wilt know them both. For the one once led the arms of his fatherland, the other sang songs beyond the reach of envy. Naught in this is there to surprise; for on whom as children the Muses look with no sidelong glance, those they do not reject as friends when their heads are grey.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram XXIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/177/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XXIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/177/.
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