A quotation from Euripides
CHORUS: May the earth lie light upon you, lady!
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: κούφα σοι
χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, γύναι.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Alcestis [Ἄλκηστις ], l. 463ff (438 BC) [tr. Kovacs (1994)]
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CHORUS: May the earth lie light upon you, lady!
[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: κούφα σοι
χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, γύναι.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Alcestis [Ἄλκηστις ], l. 463ff (438 BC) [tr. Kovacs (1994)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/86618/
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CHORUS: May the earth lie light upon you, lady! [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, γύναι.] Cf. Martial (AD 90). (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Light lie the earth upon that gentle breast. On thee may the turf lightly lie.
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