When life is so burdensome, death has become of man a sought-after refuge. — Artabanus
When life is so burdensome, death has become of man a sought-after refuge.
In the original Greek
οὕτω ὁ μὲν θάνατος μοχθηρῆς ἐούσης τῆς ζόης καταφυγὴ αἱρετωτάτη τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ γέγονε
Histories · 430 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7.
Original citation
Herodotus. Histories. c. 430 BC, bk. 7.