Living
Parta Quies (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Living
Expectation of death is woful grief, and this is the gain of a mortal when he perishes; weep not then for him who departs from life, for after death there is no other accident.
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MLA
Alexandria, Palladas of. “Parta Quies (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/160/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Parta Quies (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/160/.
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