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The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass… - Theognis of Megara
" "The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass the gates of Hades, and to lie deep buried.
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About Theognis of Megara
Theognis of Megara (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet. More than half of the elegiac poetry of Greece before the Alexandrian period is included in the 1,400 lines ascribed to Theognis.
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Θέογνις ὁ Μεγαρεύς
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Theognis
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