Death & Dying
Death at Sea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Strange dust covers thy body, and the lot of death took thee, O Cleisthenes, wandering in the Euxine sea; and thou didst fail of sweet and dear home-coming, nor ever didst reach sea-girt Chios.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Death at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/73/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Death at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/73/.
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