"Ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος."
Meineke, Fragm. Com. Gr., vol. iv. p. 105.
L.
I would suggest to T. H. K. that the origin of this line is Menander's
"Ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος."
Fragm. 128. in Meineke, Fr. Com. Gr.
imitated by Plautus:
"Quem di diligunt adulescens moritur."
Bacch. iv. 7. 18.
whence the English adage,