Death & Dying
Epigram VIII: Orthon’s Grave (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Death & Dying
Stranger, the Syracusan Orthon lays this behest on thee; go never abroad in thy cups on a night of storm. For thus did I come by my end, and far from my rich fatherland I lie, clothed on with alien soil.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram VIII: Orthon’s Grave (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/176/.
Chicago
Theocritus. “Epigram VIII: Orthon’s Grave (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/176/.
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