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Aeschylus, Fragment 399 c1 b
“Pain doesn’t affect a corpse.” ἄλγος οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ
Pindar, Olympian 8.72-3
“A man who has accomplished fitting deeds forgets about death.” ᾿Αΐδα τοι λάθεται ἄρμενα πράξαις ἀνήρ. Really, Pindar?
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Tagged Consolation Prizes, Epinician, fame, Fiction, Mortality, Pindar
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Pindar, Nemean 8.24
“No memory awaits the brave-hearted man who is speechless” ἦ τιν’ ἄγλωσσον μέν, ἦτορ δ’ ἄλκιμον, λάθα κατέχει The Nemean odes were written in honor of victors at the Nemean games, held, of course, at Nemea.
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Tagged Epinician, fame, Greek Poetry, Mortality, Pindar, speech, Victory poems, Words_and_Deeds
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Aristotle, Rhetorica 1398b
“As Sappho says, death is a great evil and the gods have judged it so: for they do not die” ἢ ὥσπερ Σαπφώ, ὅτι τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν κακόν· οἱ θεοὶ γὰρ οὕτω κεκρίκασιν· ἀπέθνησκον γὰρ ἄν. Aristotle was a great reader … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Death, Gods and Men, Immortaltiy, Mortality, Philosophy, Poetry, Sappho
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