Nature
Epigram XVIII: Epitaph of Cleita, Nurse of Medeius
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
The babe Medeius to his Thracian nurse
This stone--inscribed To Cleita--reared in the midhighway.
Her modest virtues oft shall men rehearse;
Who doubts it? is not 'Cleita's worth' a proverb to this day?
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram XVIII: Epitaph of Cleita, Nurse of Medeius.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/48/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XVIII: Epitaph of Cleita, Nurse of Medeius.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/48/.
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