Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die.
Τῇδε Σάων ὁ Δίκωνος Ἀκάνθιος ἱερὸν ὕπνον
κοιμᾶται· θνῄσκειν μὴ λέγε τοὺς ἀγαθούς.
κοιμᾶται· θνῄσκειν μὴ λέγε τοὺς ἀγαθούς.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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