Death & Dying
Epigram XXV (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Death & Dying
Farewell, O Sun, said Cleombrotus of Ambracia and leapt from a lofty wall into Hades. No evil had he seen worthy of death, but he had read one writing of Plato’s, On the Soul.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XXV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/179/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XXV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/179/.
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