“AΛΛ` OΛIΓOXΡONION ΓIΓNETAI
ΩΣΠEΡ ONAΡ HBH TIMHEΣΣA’
TO Δ` AΡΓAΛEON KAI AMOΡΦON ΓHΡAΣ
ΥΠEΡ KEΦAΛHΣ AΥTIX` ΥΠEΡKΡEMATAI,
EXTΡON OMΩΣ KAI ATIMON
Ο Τ’ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΝ ΤΙΘΕΙ ΑΝΔΡΑ,
ΒΛΑΠΤΕΙ Δ’ ΟΦΘΑΛΜΟΥΣ
ΚΑΙ ΝΟΟΝ ΑΜΦΙΧΥΘΕΝ.”
“Short-lived is treasured youth,
like a dream. And soon
the painful and ugly old age
looms above our heads,
hated and despised alike,
takes over men deforming
and making them unrecognizable,
damaging the sight, and mind.”
