Nature

Epigram XI: Epitaph of Eusthenes

by Theocritus fl. c. 270 BC

Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs

Nature

Here the shrewd physiognomist Eusthenes lies,
Who could tell all your thoughts by a glance at your eyes.
A stranger, with strangers his honoured bones rest;
They valued sweet song, and he gave them his best.
All the honours of death doth the poet possess:
If a small one, they mourned for him nevertheless.

MLA

Theocritus. “Epigram XI: Epitaph of Eusthenes.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/41/.

Chicago

Theocritus. “Epigram XI: Epitaph of Eusthenes.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/41/.

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