Ἀνέλπιστον βίον
hope-free life, hopeless life
Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Jun 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Attic [writers] have said that [a hope-free life is] finest, [one] in which they are not excited into hopes; rather, the good things are already there.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνέλπιστον βίον· τὸν κάλλιστον εἰρήκασιν Ἀττικοί, ἐν ᾧ οὐκ εἰς ἐλπίδας ἐπτόηνται, ἀλλὰ πάρεστιν ἤδη τὰ ἀγαθά.
Betacode
*)ane/lpiston bi/on: to\n ka/lliston ei)rh/kasin *)attikoi/, e)n w(=| ou)k ei)s e)lpi/das e)pto/hntai, a)lla\ pa/restin h)/dh ta\ a)gaqa/.