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a pleasing tear; for the things of sorrow have been mixed with pleasure, and the Erotes delight while causing pain; for the cestus of Aphrodite is engraved with various passions.

85 Plato to Dionysius If you wish to overcome grief, walk around the tombs, and you will have the remedy for your suffering, and you will see the greatest happiness of men possessing no breath beyond the dust.

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δάκρυον προσηνές· ἡδονῇ γὰρ τὰ τῆς ἀνίας κεκέρασται, καὶ τέρπουσι λυποῦντες οἱ Ἔρωτες· ποικίλοις γὰρ πάθεσιν ὁ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης κεστὸς ἐγκεχάρακται.

85 Πλάτων ∆ιονυσίῳ Εἰ λύπης ἐθέλεις κρατεῖν, περιπόλει τοὺς τάφους, καὶ τοῦ πάθους ἕξεις τὸ φάρμακον, καὶ τὰς μεγίστας τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐδαιμονίας ἐπόψει περαιτέρω κόνεως μὴ κεκτημένας τὸ φύσημα.