Death & Dying
On the Athenian Dead at the Battle of Chalcis (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
We fell under the fold of Dirphys, and a memorial is reared over us by our country near the Euripus, not unjustly; for we lost lovely youth facing the rough cloud of war.
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MLA
Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Athenian Dead at the Battle of Chalcis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/67/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “On the Athenian Dead at the Battle of Chalcis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/67/.
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