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From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ῶν, αἱ,
A pebbles used in divination, Philoch.196, Call.Ap.45, cf. Sch. ad loc., EM455.34. II personified as nymphs of Parnassus, Philoch. l.c., Sch.Call.l.c., dub. cj. in h.Merc.552.
