Let me not die unwept, but let my death
Be cause of grief and mourning to my friends.

μηδέ μοι ἄκλαυτος θάνατος μόλοι, ἀλλὰ φίλοισι
καλλείποιμι θανὼν ἄλγεα καὶ στοναχάς.

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