Death & Dying
Sanctissima Coniunx (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Unhappy, by what first word, by what second shall I name thee? unhappy! this word is true in every ill. Thou art gone, O gracious wife, who didst carry off the palm in bloom of beauty and in bearing of soul; Prote wert thou truly called, for all else comes second to those inimitable graces of thine.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Sanctissima Coniunx (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/57/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Sanctissima Coniunx (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/57/.
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