Death & Dying
On the Dead in an Unknown Battle (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
These men, in saving their native land that lay with tearful fetters on her neck, clad themselves in the dust of darkness; and they win great praise of excellence; but looking on them let a citizen dare to die for his country.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mnasalcas. “On the Dead in an Unknown Battle (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mnasalcas/18/.
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Mnasalcas. “On the Dead in an Unknown Battle (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mnasalcas/18/.
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