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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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subs.

P. προσκύνησις, ἡ. Make obeisance: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν, Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν, V. προσπίτνειν; see prostrate, worship.