Phœnix, frag. 12 (Harbottle's, 1897)
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Ὦ φιλόζωοι βροτοὶ,
οἱ τὴν ἐπιστείχουσαν ἡμέραν ἰδεῖν
οὕτως ἔρως βροτοῖσιν ἐγκεῖται βίου
• O ye life-loving mortals,
Who ever long to see the coming day,
Though ye be weighed down with a thousand sorrows!
So strong the yearning of mankind for life.
— Euripides
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ὦ φιλόζωοι βροτοὶ,
οἱ τὴν ἐπιστείχουσαν ἡμέραν ἰδεῖν
οὕτως ἔρως βροτοῖσιν ἐγκεῖται βίου
• O ye life-loving mortals,
Who ever long to see the coming day,
Though ye be weighed down with a thousand sorrows!
So strong the yearning of mankind for life." in the context of "Phœnix, frag. 12 (Harbottle's, 1897)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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