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Pindar, Olympian 8.72-3

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“A man who has accomplished fitting deeds forgets about death.”

᾿Αΐδα τοι λάθεται

ἄρμενα πράξαις ἀνήρ.

Really, Pindar?

Pindar, Nemean 8.24

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“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.

 

Aristotle, Rhetorica 1398b

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Thanatos, Greek god of death

“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 of poetry