415
“You’re dragging your feet past the grave of Callimachus
He knew: how to sing well and the right time to laugh well over wine.”
Βαττιάδεω παρὰ σῆμα φέρεις πόδας, εὖ μὲν ἀοιδὴν
εἰδότος, εὖ δ᾿ οἴνῳ καίρια συγγελάσαι.
447
“The stranger was short, his poem is too: so I will not speak long.
Thêris the son of Aristaios was from Crete, for me, a long enough song.”
Σύντομος ἦν ὁ ξεῖνος· ὃ καὶ στίχος· οὐ μακρὰ λέξω·
“Θῆρις Ἀρισταίου, Κρὴς” ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ δόλιχος.
451.—ΚΑΛΛΙΜΑΧΟΥ
“Here Akanthios Dikôn’s son sleeps his sacred sleep.
Don’t say that good men die.”
Τᾷδε Σάων ὁ Δίκωνος Ἀκάνθιος ἱερὸν ὕπνον
κοιμᾶται. θνάσκειν μὴ λέγε τοὺς ἀγαθούς.
452.—ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑ
“Ye who pass me by, remember Euboulos the wise.
Let’s drink. For Hades is our common harbor.”
Μεμνησθ᾿ Εὐβούλοιο σαόφρονος, ὦ παριόντες.
πίνωμεν· κοινὸς πᾶσι λιμὴν Ἀΐδης.
