Death & Dying
On Ariston of Cyrene, Lost at Sea (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
O sailing mariners, Ariston of Cyrene prays you all for the sake of Zeus the Protector, to tell his father Meno that he lies by the Icarian rocks, having given up the ghost in the Aegean sea.
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Scholasticus, Theaetetus. “On Ariston of Cyrene, Lost at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theaetetus/9/.
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Scholasticus, Theaetetus. “On Ariston of Cyrene, Lost at Sea (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theaetetus/9/.
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