Anthologia Palatina 10.58 = Palladas of Alexandria (4th cent. CE?)
Naked came I forth upon the Earth,
And naked shall I go away beneath it.
Why, then, do I keep toiling to no purpose,
Seeing that the end of all is nakedness?
Γῆς ἐπέβην γυμνὸς γυμνός θ’ ὑπὸ γαῖαν ἄπειμι·
καὶ τί μάτην μοχθῶ γυμνὸν ὁρῶν τὸ τέλος;
Naked came I forth upon the Earth,
And naked shall I go away beneath it.
Why, then, do I keep toiling to no purpose,
Seeing that the end of all is nakedness?
Γῆς ἐπέβην γυμνὸς γυμνός θ’ ὑπὸ γαῖαν ἄπειμι·
καὶ τί μάτην μοχθῶ γυμνὸν ὁρῶν τὸ τέλος;
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