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ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
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In Greek mythology, [[Actaea]], [[Actea]], [[Actaeä]] or [[Aktaia]] (/ækˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: [[Ἀκταία]] Aktaiê means 'the dweller on coasts' from [[ἁκτή]] '[[seashore]]') may refer to the following figures: | |||
* Actaea or [[Actea]], the [[Nereid]] of [[rocky]] [[shore]]. These 50 sea-nymphs are daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanid]] Doris. Actaea and her other sisters appeared to [[Thetis]] when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] for his slain friend [[Patroclus]]. | |||
* Actaea, a [[Libyan]] [[princess]] as one of the [[Danaïdes]], daughters of King Danaus and Pieria. She married and murdered her cousin Periphas, son of Aegyptus on their wedding night at the command of her father. | |||
* Actaea, the former name of [[Attica]]. It was renamed in honour of [[Atthis]], daughter of King [[Cranaus]] of Athens. | |||
