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INSCRIPTION FOR THEMISTOCLES.
FROM THE GREEK.
“Αντι ταφου λιτοιο θες Ελλαδα.”
Germanici Ep.
Be Greece her hero's sepulchre,
Be Persia's fleets the trophy there,
The epitaph be Xerxes' name.
The column, Salamis!—to shame
The weak ingratitude that gave
Themistocles a narrow grave.
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