Death & Dying
Book VII, 656
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
Salute, Sir, this little mound and modest monument of hapless Alcimenes, though it be all overgrown by the sharp buckthorn and brambles on which I, Alcimenes, once waged war.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book VII, 656.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/64/.
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