Death & Dying
On the Spartans at Thermopylae (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Him, who over changed paths of earth and sea sailed on the mainland and went afoot upon the deep, Spartan valour held back on three hundred spears; be ashamed, O mountains and seas.
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MLA
Parmenion. “On the Spartans at Thermopylae (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parmenion/14/.
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Parmenion. “On the Spartans at Thermopylae (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parmenion/14/.
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