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that the end of his life had come composed his own epitaph. And while he was retiring from that place, he slipped in a clayey place and fell upon his side, and died, it is said, the third day after. He was buried in Ios, and this is his epitaph:
`Here the earth covers the sacred head of divine Homer, the glorifier of hero-men.'
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(1) sc. the riddle of the fisher-boys which comes at the end of this work. (2) The verses of Hesiod are called doubtful in meaning because they are, if taken alone, either incomplete or absurd. (3) "Works and Days", ll. 383-392. (4) "Iliad" xiii, ll. 126-133, 339-344. (5) The accepted text of the "Iliad" contains 15,693 verses; that of the "Odyssey", 12,110. (6) "Iliad" ii, ll. 559-568 (with two additional verses). (7) "Homeric Hymns", iii.
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`Here the earth covers the sacred head of divine Homer, the glorifier of hero-men.'
ENDNOTES:
(1) sc. the riddle of the fisher-boys which comes at the end of this work. (2) The verses of Hesiod are called doubtful in meaning because they are, if taken alone, either incomplete or absurd. (3) "Works and Days", ll. 383-392. (4) "Iliad" xiii, ll. 126-133, 339-344. (5) The accepted text of the "Iliad" contains 15,693 verses; that of the "Odyssey", 12,110. (6) "Iliad" ii, ll. 559-568 (with two additional verses). (7) "Homeric Hymns", iii.
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