Classic Poem

Along this shore, the most skilful fisherman at catching the labrus, the skarus, the greedy perch, and the fish living in rocky caves at the bottom of the sea, was Parmis, son of Kallignotos. One day as he took in his first catch he died of a mortal affliction. The rainbow-fish, slipping from his hands, sank beneath the waves with quivering throat; but Parmis, expiring, fell back upon the ground among his rods and lines, and his destiny was fulfilled. Gripon, a fellow-fisherman, raised this mound over the dead man.