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~ sententiaeantiquae

 

“Why isn’t it mortals’ fate to be young twice and then old again?”

 

 

τί δὴ βροτοῖσιν οὐκ ἔστιν τόδε,

νέους δὶς εἶναι καὶ γέροντας αὖ πάλιν;

 

 

Herakles got to defeat old age….

Doesn’t look like much of a fight

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Original translations of famous words from Ancient Greece and Rome

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