Theodoridas of Syracuse

Theodoridas of Syracuse (Ancient Greek: Θεοδωρίδας) was a lyric and epigrammatic poet from Syracuse, Magna Graecia, who is supposed to have lived at the same time as Euphorion, about 235 BC. Quotes Ναυηγοῦ τάφος εἰμί: σὺ δὲ πλέε: καὶ γὰρ ὅθ᾽ ἡμεῖς ὠλλύμεθ᾽, αἱ λοιπαὶ νῆες ἐποντοπόρουν. Palatine Anthology, bk. 7, no. 282 (ed. W. R. Paton, vol. 2, 1917) A ship-wreck'd sailor, buried on this coast,    Bids you set sail. Full many a gallant ship, when we were lost,    Weathered the gale. Translated by Henry Wellesley, Anthologia Polyglotta (1849) p. 300 Tomb of a shipwrecked seafarer am I,    But thou, sail on! For homeward safe did other vessels fly,    Though we were gone. Translated by Andrew Lang, Ban and Arrière Ban (1894) p. 38 Tomb of a shipwrecked mariner am I,    But sail thou on, and never stay for me; Yea, for when death to us was drawing nigh    The other ships were sailing on the sea. Translated by W. H. D. Rouse, An Echo of Greek Song (1899) p. 39 External links Category:Poets from Greece Category:Poets from Italy Category:People from Sicily Category:Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology