Death & Dying
Epigram XXVIII (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Death & Dying
With little means I led a humble life, doing no dreadful deed nor injuring any. Dear Earth, if I, Micylus, have praised any evil thing, be not thou light to me, nor light ye other Spirits which have me in your keeping.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XXVIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/182/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XXVIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/182/.
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