τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
adj.
Now I flit above my dear mother Hecuba, disembodied of my mortal frame: V. νῦν ὑπὲρ μητρὸς φίλης Ἑκάβης ἀΐσσω σῶμʼ ἐρημώσας ἐμόν (Eur., Hec. 30).
