Death & Dying
On a Lydian Slave (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
A Lydian am I, yes a Lydian, but in a free tomb, O my master, thou didst lay thy fosterer Timanthes; prosperously mayest thou lengthen out an unharmed life, and if under the hand of old age thou shalt come to me, I am thine, O master, even in the grave.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Dioscorides. “On a Lydian Slave (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dioscorides/40/.
Chicago
Dioscorides. “On a Lydian Slave (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dioscorides/40/.
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