For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. — Pericles
For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
In the original Greek
ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ τάφος
Quoted in Funeral Oration, History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides · 430 BC
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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.