Seikilos epitaph
Appearance
The Seikilos epitaph is a Hellenistic Ionic song in Phrygian octave species.
Quotes
[edit]Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου | Hoson zēis phainou | While you live, shine |
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ | mēden holōs sy lypou | have no grief at all |
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν | pros oligon esti to zēn | life exists only for a short while |
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. | to telos ho chronos apaitei. | and time demands its toll. |