Shakespeare's funerary monument Socrates in genius, a Maro in art," comparing Shakespeare to Nestor the wise King of Pylus, to the Greek philosopher Socrates, and to the Roman poet Virgil (whose last name, or "cognomen" was Maro). The second reads "The earth buries him, the people mourn him, Olympus possesses him," referring to Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods. The English poem reads: As modernized by Katherine Duncan-Jones: Stanley Wells is one of the few biographers to comment on the poem, saying that it "somewhat cryptically calls on the passer-by to pay tribute to his greatness as a writer", and admitting
Maro Sargsyan Maro Sargsyan Maro Sargsyan (; born November 29, 1973, Yerevan), is an Armenian artist. In 1988–1992 Sargsyan studied at the Department of Painting and Graphic Arts at State College of Fine Arts of Armenia, named after Panos Terlemezyan. In 1993–1999 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, at the chair of Painting. In 2012–13 studied at CSDCA. Member of the Artists' Union of Armenia since 2001, She was a member of the Designers' Union of Armenia; International Association of Designers since 2002, member of Paris union of artists "les seize anges" since 2014. Father: Zenon Sargsyan, mother: Armenian