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Headword: *)arxh\n me\n mh\ fu=nai e)pixqoni/oisin a)/riston
Adler number: alpha,4099
Translated headword: First, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.
Greek Original:
*)arxh\n me\n mh\ fu=nai e)pixqoni/oisin a)/riston, mhd' e)sidei=n au)ga\s o)ce/os h)eli/ou: fu/nta d' o(/pws w)/kista pu/las *)ai/+dao perh=sai: e)pi\ tw=n dustuxw=s bebiwko/twn.
Note:
A gloomy proverb (Macarius 2.45) expressed in one-and-a-half elegiac couplets.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; meter and music; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 April 2001@21:47:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keywords) on 22 April 2001@10:27:36.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 25 August 2002@11:18:01.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 1 December 2005@08:22:37.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 30 June 2011@10:19:28.
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