Stele and my sirens and mournful urn,
you who enclose the little ash of Hades,
say farewell to those passing my grave,
whether local townsmen or from other cities;
say also that the tomb holds me, a bride; and say this too:
that my father called me Baukis and by race
I was from Tenos, so they may know, and that my friend
Erinna caused this writing to be engraved on the tomb.
you who enclose the little ash of Hades,
say farewell to those passing my grave,
whether local townsmen or from other cities;
say also that the tomb holds me, a bride; and say this too:
that my father called me Baukis and by race
I was from Tenos, so they may know, and that my friend
Erinna caused this writing to be engraved on the tomb.
I belong to Baukis the bride. As you pass through the much-lamented
stele, say this to the subterranean Hades:
"You are spiteful, Hades." To the viewer, these beautiful letters
will announce the most cruel fate of Baukis:
that with the torches to which the Hymen song was sung,
her father-in-law cremated the girl on this pyre.
For your part, Hymenaeus, you changed the tuneful marriage song
to the anguished wail of lament.
stele, say this to the subterranean Hades:
"You are spiteful, Hades." To the viewer, these beautiful letters
will announce the most cruel fate of Baukis:
that with the torches to which the Hymen song was sung,
her father-in-law cremated the girl on this pyre.
For your part, Hymenaeus, you changed the tuneful marriage song
to the anguished wail of lament.
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