[ Thaneîn d’ hoîsin anánkā ], tá ké tis anṓnumon | gē̂ras en skótōi kathḗmenos hépsoi mátān ?
die:INF.AOR CONN REL:DAT.PL necessity:NOM.SG why MOD INDF:NOM.SG anonymous:ACC.SG old.age:ACC.SG in obscurity:DAT.SG seated:NOM.SG follow:OPT.AOR.3s in.vain
For those who must die, why would anyone follow in vain an anonymous old age, sitting in obscurity?” (O. 1.82–83)