Epigram 7.123

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 224
Codex Palatinus 23 p. 225

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καὶ σὺ ποτ᾽
, Ἐμπεδόκλεις, διερῇ φλογὶ σῶμα καθήρας
πῦρ ἀπὸ κρητήρων ἔκπιες ἀθάνατον
οὐκ ἐρέω δ᾽ ὅτι σαυτὸν ἑκὼν βάλες ἐς ῥόον Αἴτνης,
ἀλλὰ λαθεῖν ἐθέλων ἔμπεσες οὐκ ἐθέλων.

— Paton edition

Purificandoti il corpo con l'agile fiamma, bevesti
fuoco perenne dai crateri, Empedocle.
Che nella lava dell'Etna piombasti cosciente non dico:
fuga volendo, cadesti nolente

- Edizione Pontani

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καὶ σὺ ποτ
, Ἐμπεδόκλεις , διερῇ φλογὶ σῶμα καθήρας
πῦρ ἀπὸ κρητήρων ἔκπιες ἀθάνατον
οὐκ ἐρέω δ ὅτι σαυτὸν ἑκὼν βάλες ἐς ῥόον Αἴτνης ,
ἀλλὰ λαθεῖν ἐθέλων ἔμπεσες οὐκ ἐθέλων .

And you , too , Empedocles , purifying your body by
liquid flame , drank immortal fire from the crater . I
will not say that you threw yourself on purpose into
Etna ' s steam , but wishing to hide you fell in
against your will .

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