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Death is good for a poor man (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Proverb collections 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.03 Wisdom literature 04.03.06 Proverb collections	Keywords death poverty sayings
Period 6th century BCE Greek Archaic Age	Channel Greek poets Sumerian texts

Text
Proverb (Sumerian):
When a poor man has died, do not (try to) revive him.

Theognis 181-182:
For a poor man it is better to be dead than to live in suffering.

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Proverb (Sumerian)
Theognis 181-182

Bibliography

West 1997, 514

West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus

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