Death & Dying
Catalepton 13a
Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough (Loeb, 1918) · From Minor Poems (Loeb, 1918)
Death & Dying
A scholar's shade rests beneath this place — a wrong done by heaven — one not inferior to the great minds of old, and a man with whom Rome could challenge learned Athens: but to none is it given to vanquish iron Fate.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Appendix Vergiliana; authorship by Virgil doubtful.
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Virgil. “Catalepton 13a.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/53/.
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Virgil. “Catalepton 13a.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/53/.
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