Death & Dying

Epigram XI: The Grave of Eusthenes (Lang)

by Theocritus fl. c. 270 BC

Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)

Death & Dying

This is the memorial stone of Eusthenes, the sage; a physiognomist was he, and skilled to read the very spirit in the eyes. Nobly have his friends buried him—a stranger in a strange land—and most dear was he, yea, to the makers of song. All his dues in death has the sage, and, though he was no great one, ’tis plain he had friends to care for him.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Theocritus. “Epigram XI: The Grave of Eusthenes (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/179/.

Chicago

Theocritus. “Epigram XI: The Grave of Eusthenes (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/179/.

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