(540 BC - 480 BC / Greece)

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Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178

More even than hoary old age, Kyrnos, or fever;
Deep gulfs, Kyrnos, or off sheer cliffs.
For the man subdued by poverty can neither say
Nor do anything, because his tongue is tied.

Submitted: Thursday, January 01, 2004

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