Thursday, August 02, 2018
The Manner of Our Death
Euripides, Helen 814 (tr. David Kovacs):
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Yes, better to die doing than not doing.Id. 841:
δρῶντας γὰρ ἢ μὴ δρῶντας ἥδιον θανεῖν.
How then shall we die so as to win glory?Cf. Albert Camus, The Rebel, tr. Anthony Bower (New York: Vintage Books, 1956):
πῶς οὖν θανούμεθ᾿ ὥστε καὶ δόξαν λαβεῖν;
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
Plutôt mourir debout que de vivre à genoux.
