Social Commentaries

A Deadly Dream (Mackail)

by Lucillius 1st century AD

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Social Commentaries

Diophantus, having seen Hermogenes the physician in sleep, never awoke again, though he wore an amulet.

MLA

Lucillius. “A Deadly Dream (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/137/.

Chicago

Lucillius. “A Deadly Dream (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/137/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Lucillius