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τὰ θνητὰ πράγμαθ’ ἥντιν’ οἶσθ’ ἔχει φύσιν;
οἶμαι μὲν οὔ· πόθεν γάρ; ἀλλ’ ἄκουέ μου.
Do you know the nature of mortality?
I think not - after all where could you have learnt it from? Now listen to me.
Euripides Alcestis 780-781

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