In Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles has the following abbreviation of [some lines by Theognis]:
Ìç ϕõíáé ôïí 'Üðáíôá
íéêá ëüãïí · ôï ä'åðåé ϕáíç,
âçíáé êåéèåí, 'üèåí ðåñ 'Þêåé,
ðïëõ äåýôåñïí, 'ùò ôÜ÷éóôá.
(Never to be born is far best;
yet if a man lives,
the next best thing is for him to return
as quickly as possible
to the place from which he came).
--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> frank scott wrote:
> >
> > how about this oldie: (title, and first line)
> >
> > "why was i born?
> >
> > why am i living?"
> >
> > ah rest mah case...
> >
>
> A proverb in ancient Greece (quoted, or more
> accurately paraphrased,
> from memory): Best is not to have been born; having
> been born, best is
> to go hence quickly.
>
> Carrol
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