Death & Dying
On the Same (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
O passer by, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here obeying their orders.
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MLA
Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/66/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Same (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/66/.
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