ὁ φθόρος ἐγίγνετο οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ

From LSJ

αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

the mortality raged unchecked