Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Old Age
Bion of Borysthenes, in Diogenes Laertius 4.7.48 (tr. R.D. Hicks):
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He called old age the harbour of all ills; at least they all take refuge there.See Jan Fredrik Kindstrand, Bion of Borysthenes: A Collection of the Fragments with Introduction and Commentary (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1976 = Studia Graeca Upsaliensia, 11), pp. 274-276 (F62A).
τὸ γῆρας ἔλεγεν ὅρμον εἶναι τῶν κακῶν· εἰς αὐτὸ γοῦν πάντα καταφεύγειν.
