Death & Dying

On Theognis of Sinope (Mackail)

by Simonides of Ceos c. 556 – 468 BC

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Death & Dying

I am the monument of Theognis of Sinope, over whom Glaucus set me in guerdon of their long fellowship.

MLA

Ceos, Simonides of. “On Theognis of Sinope (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/70/.

Chicago

Ceos, Simonides of. “On Theognis of Sinope (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/70/.

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