Chrysa
From LSJ
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Χρύση, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Chrȳsa: ae, or Chrȳsē, ēs, f., = Χρύση.
I A town on the coast of Troas sacred to Apollo, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122; Mel. 1, 18; Ov. M. 13, 174 (cf. Hom. Il. 1, 390; 1, 452).—
II An island near Crete, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—
III An island of India, Mel. 3, 7, 7.
