Wednesday, October 05, 2022
A Long, Unhappy Life
Greek Anthology 7.349 = Simonides, Elegies and Sympotica, fragment 103 Sider (tr. W.R. Paton):
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After eating little and drinking little and suffering much sickness I lasted long, but at length I did die. A curse on you all!
βαιὰ φαγὼν καὶ βαιὰ πιὼν καὶ πολλὰ νοσήσας,
ὀψὲ μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔθανον. ἔρρετε πάντες ὁμοῦ.
