Death & Dying

Epigram 3: I, Timon, hated human race

by Callimachus c. 310 – c. 240 BC

Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)

Death & Dying

I, Timon, hated human race ;
Ye passengers, begone,
Curse as ye will, but leave the place,
And let me rest alone.

MLA

Callimachus. “Epigram 3: I, Timon, hated human race.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/97/.

Chicago

Callimachus. “Epigram 3: I, Timon, hated human race.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/97/.

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