Solon 24
Nicole Kiernan /
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Ἶσόν τοι πλουτοῦσιν ὅτῳ πολὺς ἄργυρός ἐστι
καὶ χρυσὸς καὶ γῆς πυροφόρου πεδία
ἵπποι θ᾽ ἡμίονοί τε , καὶ ᾧ μόνα ταῦτα πάρεστι ,
γαστρί τε καὶ πλευρῇς καὶ ποσὶν ἁβρὰ παθεῖν
ταῦτ᾽ἄφενος θνητοῖσι : τὰ γὰρ περιώσια πάντα
χρήματ᾽ ἔχων οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται εἰς Ἀΐδεω :
οὐδ᾽ ἄν ἄποινα διδοὺς θάνατον φύγοι οὐδὲ βαρείας
νούσους οὐδὲ κακὸν γῆρας ἐπερχόμενον .
καὶ χρυσὸς καὶ γῆς πυροφόρου πεδία
ἵπποι θ᾽ ἡμίονοί τε , καὶ ᾧ μόνα ταῦτα πάρεστι ,
γαστρί τε καὶ πλευρῇς καὶ ποσὶν ἁβρὰ παθεῖν
ταῦτ᾽ἄφενος θνητοῖσι : τὰ γὰρ περιώσια πάντα
χρήματ᾽ ἔχων οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται εἰς Ἀΐδεω :
οὐδ᾽ ἄν ἄποινα διδοὺς θάνατον φύγοι οὐδὲ βαρείας
νούσους οὐδὲ κακὸν γῆρας ἐπερχόμενον .
Surely
equal
is
the
wealth
of
him
that
hath
much
silver
and
gold
and
fields
of
wheatland
and
horses
and
mules
,
to
that
of
him
that
hath
but
this
-
comfort
in
belly
and
sides
and
feet
.
This
is
abundance
unto
men
,
seeing
that
no
man
taketh
with
him
the
many
things
he
hath
above
this
when
he
goeth
below
,
not
shall
he
for
a
price
escape
death
nor
yet
sore
disease
nor
the
evil
approach
of
Age