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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.53.21–I.49.53.22
Ancient Greek
p. 139253.21
Φαίνεται οὖν ἡ ἄταφος μεμνημένη τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον καὶ γλιχομένη αὐτοῦ καὶ διὰ τοῦτ᾽ ὀδυρομένη· οὕτω δεινὴ ἡ κόλασις τοῖς οὕτω δι᾽ αἰῶνος κολαζομένοις· οὕτω καὶ Ἐλπήνωρ·
ἆσέ με δαίμονος αἶσα κακὴ καὶ ἀθέσφατος ὕπνος.53.22
Καὶ εἰπὼν ἃ πέπονθεν ἀξιοῖ ταφῆναι, ἱκετεύων καὶ δεόμενος·
νῦν δέ σε τῶν ὄπιθεν γουνάζομαι οὐ παρεόντων, μή μ᾽ ἄκλαυτον ἄθαπτον ἰὼν ὄπιθεν καταλείπειν, νοσφισθείς, μήτοι τι θεῶν μήνιμα γένωμαι.Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 139353.21 · Memory and the unburied Elpenor
The unburied soul thus appears remembering the things of its life, longing for that life, and grieving for this reason. So terrible is the punishment for those punished in this way forever. So too Elpenor says:
A daimon’s evil dispensation and boundless sleep brought me to ruin.1673
53.22 · Elpenor’s plea for burial
After telling what happened to him, he asks to be buried, imploring and pleading:
Now I beseech you by those left behind, who are not here, not to go and leave me behind unwept and unburied, turning away, lest I become a cause of the gods’ wrath against you.1674
Socrates
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