lionofchaeronea:

The Woes of Mortality

Sappho, fr. 91 Edmonds (=Aristotle Rhetoric1398b)

To die is an evil,
For so the gods have judged;
For were it otherwise,
They too would die.

…τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν κακόν: οἱ θεοὶ γὰρ οὕτω κεκρίκασιν: ἀπέθνησκον γὰρ ἄν.

Vanitas Still Life in a Niche, Adriaen Coorte, 1688

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Bene. Latine:

…Mori malum: Dei enim sic iudicaverunt: morerentur enim.