Death & Dying

On the Same (Mackail)

by Plato c. 428 – 348 BC

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Death & Dying

Well be with you, O mariners, both at sea and on land; but know that you pass by the grave of a shipwrecked man.

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Plato. “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/29/.

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Plato. “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/29/.

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