The Woes of Mortality
Sappho, fr. 91 Edmonds (=Aristotle Rhetoric 1398b) To die is an evil, For so the gods have judged; For were it otherwise, They too would die. …τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν κακόν: οἱ θεοὶ γὰρ οὕτω κεκρίκασιν: ἀπέθνησκον γὰρ ἄν.
Vanitas Still Life in a Niche, Adriaen Coorte, 1688