---
title: On the Uncertainty of Life
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Hermolochus the Lyric Poet
eul_wid: juq-aa
eul_aid: juq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hermolochus-lyric-uncertainty-life-juq-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Uncertainty of Life

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Hermolochus the Lyric Poet

**eul_wid:** `juq-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermolochus-lyric-uncertainty-life-juq-aa)

## Text

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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.

*[crux: ἐν κινδύνοις θνατοὺς]*

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