“It is not possible to find medicine to bring life to the dead.”
οὐκ ἔστιν ἀποφθιμένοις ζωᾶς ἔτι φάρμακον εὑρεῖν,
Ibycos, maybe not a household name, but a phrase-turner regardless.
Ibycus, fr. 32.1
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
“It is not possible to find medicine to bring life to the dead.”
οὐκ ἔστιν ἀποφθιμένοις ζωᾶς ἔτι φάρμακον εὑρεῖν,
Ibycos, maybe not a household name, but a phrase-turner regardless.