Thursday, December 08, 2022

 

The Brevity of Life

Sophocles, fragment 572 (from Tantalus; tr. Hugh Lloyd-Jones):
For the time of life is short,
and once a mortal is hidden beneath the earth he lies there
for all time.

βιοτῆς μὲν γὰρ χρόνος ἐστὶ βραχύς,
κρυφθεὶς δ' ὑπὸ γῆς κεῖται θνητὸς
τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον.
A.C. Pearson ad loc.:



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