# Epigrammata 83

Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, Section 83. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathias-scholasticus/epigrammata/83

83. (X, 69.) Τὸν θάνατον τί φοβεῖσθε, τὸν ἡσυχίης γενετῆρα, τὸν παύοντα νόσους καὶ πενίης ὀδύνας; μοῦνον ἅπαξ θνητοῖς παραγίγνεται, οὐδέ ποτ’ αὐτὸν εἶδέν τις θνητῶν δεύτερον ἐρχόμενον. αἱ δὲ νόσοι πολλαὶ καὶ ποικίλαι, ἄλλοτ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλων ἐρχόμεναι θνητῶν, καὶ μεταβαλλόμεναι. ΕΠΙΓΡ ΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΣΚΩΠΤΙΚΑ.

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Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, ed. B.G. Niebuhr. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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