For to a dead man his children are the fame that preserves him; like corks they bear the net up, keeping safe the spun flax that stretches up from the depths. (tr. A. H. Sommerstein)
παῖδες γὰρ ἀνδρὶ κληδόνος σωτήριοι
θανόντι. φελλοὶ δ᾿ ὣς ἄγουσι δίκτυον,
τὸν ἐκ βυθοῦ κλωστῆρα σῴζοντες λίνου.
θανόντι. φελλοὶ δ᾿ ὣς ἄγουσι δίκτυον,
τὸν ἐκ βυθοῦ κλωστῆρα σῴζοντες λίνου.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Paraphrase (E. D. A. Morshead) | Children are memory's voices, and preserve
The dead from wholly dying.