Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Death with Glory
Euripides, Rhesus 758-760 (tr. David Kovacs):
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To die gloriously, if die one must,
though it is of course painful to him who dies,
is a source of magnificence for the survivors and a glory to their houses.
θανεῖν γὰρ εὐκλεῶς μέν, εἰ θανεῖν χρεών,
λυπρὸν μὲν οἶμαι τῷ θανόντι — πῶς γὰρ οὔ; —
τοῖς ζῶσι δ᾽ ὄγκος καὶ δόμων εὐδοξία.
