Nature
Epigram VIII: Ortho's Epitaph
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
Friend, Ortho of Syracuse gives thee this charge:
Never venture out, drunk, on a wild winter's night.
I did so and died. My possessions were large;
Yet the turf that I'm clad with is strange to me quite.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram VIII: Ortho's Epitaph.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/38/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram VIII: Ortho's Epitaph.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/38/.
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