I think the slain care little if they sleep or rise again. (tr. Gilbert Murray)

παροίχεται δέ, τοῖσι μὲν τεθνηκόσιν
τὸ μήποτ᾿ αὖθις μηδ᾿ ἀναστῆναι μέλειν.

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