Death & Dying
On a Boy of Twelve (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Philip the father laid here the twelve-years-old child, his high hope, Nicoteles.
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MLA
Callimachus. “On a Boy of Twelve (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/75/.
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Callimachus. “On a Boy of Twelve (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/75/.
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