O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.

ὦ Χαρίδα, τί τὰ νέρθε; 'πολὺ σκότος.' αἱ δ᾿ ἄνοδοι τί;
'ψεῦδος.' ὁ δὲ Πλούτων; 'μῦθος.' ἀπωλόμεθα.

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