was original in everything and that is a true compliment in these times where nothing is new. I wish to share some impressions and memories with some of his friends.ī. I write the following pages to make up for what we were unable to do at the funeral of B. It’s not only a piece of land he requests but to be remembered too. That something is what Elpenor asked for. If only for a meal, a time for concentrated thought, one needs something. A departure or a death must be celebrated with some sort of ceremony because they are solemn occasions. When a friend of ours dies on his travels we strongly regret not having said goodbye when he left.
Each time, at one of these services, I felt that something was missing, if not for the deceased then for ourselves. There were only three of us and we were so unprepared that we didn’t know what his last wishes were. His master, a great philosopher, and his friends were afraid of what people might say and so did not dare say anything. Today nobody is left unburied, thanks to police regulations, but we heathens also have to fulfil certain obligations towards our dead and not only just in keeping with government laws. “Do not leave me there unburied and unwept.” ‘mê m'aklauton athapton iôn opithen kataleipein’
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