Living
Pis-Aller (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Living
Of all things not to be born into the world is best, nor to see the beams of the keen sun; but being born, as swiftly as may be to pass the gates of Hades, and lie under a heavy heap of earth.
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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Pis-Aller (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/1/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Pis-Aller (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/1/.
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