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title: On Mortality and Transience
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Choerilus of Iasus
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# On Mortality and Transience

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Choerilus of Iasus

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## Text

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Εὖ εἰδὼς ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυς σὸν θυμὸν ἄεξε, τερπόμενος θαλίῃσι· θανόντι τοι οὔτις ὄνησις. καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ σποδός εἰμι Νίνου μεγάλης βασιλεύσας. κεῖν’ ἔχω ὅσς’ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐφύβρισα καὶ σὺν ἔρωτι τέρπν’ ἔπαθον· τὰ δὲ πολλὰ καὶ ὄλβια πάντα λέλυνται. [para]ἥδε σοφὴ βιότοιο παραίνεσις, οὐδέ ποτ’ αὐτῆς λήσεαι. ἐκτήσθω δ’ ὁ θέλων τὸν ἀπείρονα χρυσόν.

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