Death & Dying
On Biton of Amphipolis, Lost at Sea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
I am the grave of Biton, O wayfarer; and if leaving Torone thou goest even to Amphipolis, tell Nicagoras that Strymonias at the setting of the Kids lost him his only son.
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Nicaenetus. “On Biton of Amphipolis, Lost at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicaenetus/4/.
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Nicaenetus. “On Biton of Amphipolis, Lost at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicaenetus/4/.
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