For having perished in the front of war.
SPECIMENS OF TRANSLATION FROM “MEDEA.”
Σκαιους δε λεγων κουδέν τι σοφους
Τους προσθε βροτους ουκ αν αμαρτοις.
“Medea,” v. 194. p. 33. Glasg. edit.
Tell me, ye bards, whose skill sublime
First charmed the ear of youthful Time,
With numbers wrapt in heavenly fire,