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PHILIP, KING OF MACEDON by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE

First Line: UNWEPT, UNBURIED, TRAVELLER, WE LIE HERE
Last Line: BUT PHILIP, THAT BRAVE SOUL, RAN QUICKER STILL.
Subject(s): COWARDICE; PHILIP V, KING OF MACEDON (238-179 B.C.);
UNWEPT, unburied, traveller, we lie here
Three myriad men, on this Thessalian hill,
A grief to Macedon. Fast runs a deer,
But Philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still.



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