Death & Dying
Unforgotten (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Protomachus said, as his father held him in his hands when he was breathing away his lovely youth, "O son of Timenor, thou wilt never forget thy dear son, nor cease to long for his valour and his wisdom."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Unforgotten (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/74/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Unforgotten (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/74/.
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