Sappho — "Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?"
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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From a lyric poem, Fragment 171 (or 10A), questioning the nature of death and divine immortality.
Date: c. 7th-6th Century BCE
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