Damascius Quotes on Freedom
Damascius was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and the last head of the Platonic Academy at Athens before its closure under the emperor Justinian in 529. This page collects quotes attributed to Damascius on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Zosime who was never a slave but in body, has now gained freedom for her body too.”
Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην. -
“J. A. Symonds Jr., "Epitaph of a Slave", Studies of the Greek Poets (1873), p. 357: She who was once but in her flesh a slave Hath for her flesh found freedom in the grave.”
Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην. -
“Earl of Cromer , "Freedom in Death", Paraphrases and Translations from the Greek (1903), p. 61: Zosime, cursed with serfdom from the womb, Found Life in Death, and freedom in the tomb.”
Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην. -
“J. A. Pott, "A Slave Girl", Greek Love Songs and Epigrams (1911), p. 134: O Zôzima, your soul was ever free, And now your body too hath liberty.”
Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην. -
“G. B. Grundy, "Free Among the Dead", Ancient Gems in Modern Settings (1913), p. 295: She, when she lived, in nought but body was a slave; But when she died her body too found freedom in the grave.”
Ζωσίμη ἡ πρὶν ἐοῦσα μόνῳ τῷ σώματι δούλη καὶ τῷ σώματι νῦν εὗρεν ἐλευθερίην.