ABSTRACT
I come from the pure, pure Queen of those below, And other gods and demons: I have paid the penalty for deeds unrighteous, Whether it be that Fate laid me low or the gods immortal, I have flown out of the sorrowful, weary circle. I have passed with swift feet to the diadem desired. I have sunk beneath the bosom of the Mistress, the Queen of the Underworld. Funerary tablet from Thurii, Southern Italy, c. 350 BC.
