From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 03:48:44 MDT
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:07:07AM +0200, Amara Graps wrote:
>
> Dear Extropes,
>
> While reading some old Greek poetry, I saw this piece by
> Sappho (~630 BC), which I think you folks here might enjoy,
> as much as I.
>
> We know this much
> Death is an evil;
> we have the gods'
> word for it; they too
> would die if death
> were a good thing
Wonderfully put. She is a very clear, individual voice from her
time. And she was well aware of her position in history:
You may forget but
let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us
http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=poem&poem=1519
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