ἄξιον οὐδὲν ἰδὼν θανάτου κακὸν, ἀλλὰ Πλάτωνος
ἓν τὸ περὶ ψύχης γράμμ’ ἀναλεξάμενος.
Which may be translated, perhaps,
Farewell, O sun, Cleombrotus exclaim’d,
Then plunged from off a height beneath the sea;
Stung by pain, of no disgrace ashamed,
But moved by Plato’s high philosophy.
[21] This is alluded to by Juvenal:
Provida Pompeio dederat Campania febres
Optandas: sed multæ urbes et publica vota