Death & Dying
Of the Athenian Dead at Plataea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
If to die nobly is the chief part of excellence, to us out of all men Fortune gave this lot; for hastening to set a crown of freedom on Greece we lie possessed of praise that grows not old.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Of the Athenian Dead at Plataea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/64/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Of the Athenian Dead at Plataea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/64/.
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