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To the Divine Spirits original: "D M" or "Dis Manibus," a traditional Roman funerary invocation

OF HERMANN DIELS

I call to you, the one beneath the earth, once a corpse,

But now dwelling among the gods, a wise man among the wise.

original: "ΣΕ ΔΗ ΛΙΕ ΑΥΔΩ ΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΧΘΟΝΟΣ ΝΕΚΥΝ / ΝΥΝ ΔΕ ΕΝ ΘΕΟΙΣ ΝΑΙΟΝΤΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΣΟΦΩΝ ΣΟΦΟΝ." This is a Greek funerary epigram composed in dactylic hexameter, honoring Diels' status as a preeminent scholar of ancient wisdom.