Θεόφραστος
Theophrastos, Theophrastus
Translated by David Whitehead27 Aug 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"As long as [Theophrastus] toiled he was sound of limb, but then, when released [from toil], his limbs failed him and he died".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεόφραστος ἕως ἐπόνει μὲν δέμας ἄπηρος ἦν, εἶτ' ἀνεθεὶς κάτθανε πηρομελής.
Betacode
*qeo/frastos e(/ws e)po/nei me\n de/mas a)/phros h)=n, ei)=t' a)neqei\s ka/tqane phromelh/s.
Notes
- From Diogenes Laertius 5.40: the second couplet - here reordered unmetrically - of his own epigram on Theophrastus (theta 199).
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