"...Death is an evil" (Sappho 630 BC)

From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 03:07:07 MDT


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

(http://www.emule.com/poetry/qed.pgi?page=poem&poem=1512)

A few Sappho pieces:
http://www.emule.com/poetry/?terms=Sappho&page=search_results

About Sappho:
http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/sappho.html

Amara

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