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Μεσήνη

From LSJ

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

French (Bailly abrégé)

d'ord. Μεσσήνη;
ης (ἡ) :
1 la Messénie, contrée au SO du Péloponnèse;
2 Messène, capitale de la Messénie;
3 Messène (auj. Messina, Messine) cité de Sicile.