“Half of my soul yet breathes. I know not whether Love or Hades snatched the other half, only that it is gone.”
῞Ημισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον, ἥμισυ δ’ οὐκ οἶδ’
εἴτ’ ῎Ερος εἴτ’ ᾿Αΐδης ἥρπασε, πλὴν ἀφανές.
Callimachus, Epigram 42
“Half of my soul yet breathes. I know not whether Love or Hades snatched the other half, only that it is gone.”
῞Ημισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον, ἥμισυ δ’ οὐκ οἶδ’
εἴτ’ ῎Ερος εἴτ’ ᾿Αΐδης ἥρπασε, πλὴν ἀφανές.