ἐν τοῖς ἄνω χρόνοις
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
in days of yore, in the days of old, in the old days, in the olden days, in olden days, in olden times, in ancient times