Time & Brevity
Time the Conqueror (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Time & Brevity
Time carries all things; length of days knows how to change name and shape and nature and fortune.
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MLA
Plato. “Time the Conqueror (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/34/.
Chicago
Plato. “Time the Conqueror (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/34/.
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