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Μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225

English (Slater)

σκῠτᾰλα
   1 message stick met., message bringer ἐσσὶ γὰρ ἄγγελος ὀρθός, ἠυκόμων σκυτάλα Μοισᾶν (sc. Αἰνέας, leader of the chorus) (O. 6.91)