Nature
Epigram XV: Another
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
Prove, traveller, now, that you honour the brave
Above the poltroon, when he's laid in the grave,
By murmuring 'Peace to Eurymedon dead.'
The turf should lie light on so sacred a head.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XV: Another.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/45/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XV: Another.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/45/.
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