Death & Dying
On a Maltese Watch-Dog (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Death & Dying
Here the stone says it holds the white dog from Melita, the most faithful guardian of Eumelus; Bull they called him while he was yet alive; but now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of night.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Tymnes. “On a Maltese Watch-Dog (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tymnes/6/.
Chicago
Tymnes. “On a Maltese Watch-Dog (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tymnes/6/.
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