Death & Dying
Epigram XVIII: The Grave of Cleita (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Death & Dying
The little Medeus has raised this tomb by the wayside to the memory of his Thracian nurse, and has added the inscription—
HERE LIES CLEITA.
The woman will have this recompense for all her careful nurture of the boy,—and why?—because she was serviceable even to the end.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram XVIII: The Grave of Cleita (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/186/.
Chicago
Theocritus. “Epigram XVIII: The Grave of Cleita (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/186/.
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