Epitaph of Cleita, Nurse of Medeius

by Theocritus

Theocritus

The babe Medeius to his Thracian nurse
This stone--inscribed _To Cleita_--reared in the midhighway.
Her modest virtues oft shall men rehearse;
Who doubts it? is not 'Cleita's worth' a proverb to this day?





Last updated January 14, 2019