Living
Minimum Credula Postero (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
All human must pay the debt of death, nor is there any mortal who knows whether he shall be alive to-morrow; learning this clearly, O man, make thee merry, keeping the wine-god close by thee for oblivion of death, and take thy pleasure with the Paphian while thou drawest thy ephemeral life; but all else give to Fortune's control.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Minimum Credula Postero (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/159/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Minimum Credula Postero (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/159/.
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