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title: On the Uncertainty of Life
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Hermolochus the Lyric Poet
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# On the Uncertainty of Life

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Hermolochus the Lyric Poet

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## Text

### unit_1

ἀτέκμαρτος ὁ πᾶς βίος οὐδὲν ἔχων πιστὸν πλανᾶται συντυχίαις· ἐλπὶς δὲ φρένας παραθαρσύνει· τὸ δὲ μέλλον ἀκριβῶς οἶδεν οὐδεὶς θνατὸς ὅπαι φέρεται· θεὸς δὲ πάντας †ἐν κινδύνοις θνατοὺς† κυβερνᾶι· ἀντιπνεῖ δὲ πολλάκις εὐτυχίαι δεινά τις αὔρα.

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