Arts & Sciences
The Death of Music (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Arts & Sciences
When Orpheus was gone, a Muse was yet haply left, but when thou didst perish, Plato, the harp likewise ceased; for till then there yet lived some little fragment of the old melodies, saved in thy soul and hands.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Leontius. “The Death of Music (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leontius/16/.
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Scholasticus, Leontius. “The Death of Music (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leontius/16/.
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