Death & Dying
Peace in the End (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
A gentler old age and no dulling disease quenched thee, and thou didst fall asleep in the slumber to which all must come, O Eratosthenes, after pondering over high matters; nor did Cyrene where thou sawest the light receive thee within the tomb of thy fathers, O son of Aglaus; yet dear even in a foreign land art thou buried here, by the edge of the beach of Proteus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Cyzicus, Dionysius of. “Peace in the End (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dionysius-cyzicus/2/.
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Cyzicus, Dionysius of. “Peace in the End (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dionysius-cyzicus/2/.
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