2026-07-24 02:12 UTC
The Epitaph of #Seikilos
ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ / ΜΗΔΕΝ ΟΛΩΣ ΣΥ / ΛΥΠΟΥ ΠΡΟΣ ΟΛΙ / ΓΟΝ ΕΣΤΙ ΤΟ ΖΗΝ / ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ Ο ΧΡΟ / ΝΟΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΕΙ
As long as you're alive, shine, don't be sad at all; life is short, time asks for its due
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Hear a transliterarion of the melodic fragment at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph
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@aleciabatson@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 02:22
I love that the elegy is written from the perspective of the #stele, stone personified. “I, the stone, am an image and Seikilos places me here a long-lasting monument to immortal memory”