“It is impossible to discover what is best for a man both now and in death.”
…τοῦτο δ’ ἀμάχανον εὑρεῖν,
ὅτι νῦν ἐν καὶ τελευτᾷ φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν.
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Tag: Life and Death
Peisander, fr. 8 (Stobaeus 3.12.6)
“It is not shameful to proclaim even a lie publicly to save a life.”
οὐ νέμεσις καὶ ψεῦδος ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς ἀγορεύειν.
Peisander, you ask? Not the Spartan general or the Severan era poet.
(An epic poet, perhaps?)