Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow. But… — Pindar
Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow. But when the brilliance given by Zeus comes, a shining light is on man, and a gentle lifetime.
In the original Greek
τί δέ τις; τί δ᾽ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος. ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν αἴγλα διόσδοτος ἔλθῃ, λαμπρὸν φέγγος ἔπεστιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ μείλιχος αἰών.
Pythian Odes · 446 BC
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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008, pythian 8.
Original citation
Pindar. Pythian Odes. c. 474, pythian 8.