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Sophocles (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Gently over the tomb of Sophocles, gently creep, O ivy, flinging forth thy pale tresses, and all about let the rose-petal blow, and the clustered vine shed her soft tendrils round, for the sake of the wise-hearted eloquence mingled of the Muses and Graces that lived on his honeyed tongue.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Grammaticus, Simmias. “Sophocles (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simmias/7/.
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Grammaticus, Simmias. “Sophocles (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simmias/7/.
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