Arts & Sciences
Species Aeternitatis (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Arts & Sciences
I know that I am mortal, and ephemeral; but when I scan the multitudinous circling spirals of the stars, no longer do I touch earth with my feet, but sit with Zeus himself, and take my fill of the ambrosial food of gods.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Ptolemaeus. “Species Aeternitatis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ptolemaeus/2/.
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Ptolemaeus. “Species Aeternitatis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ptolemaeus/2/.
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