So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
So I declare that the dead, who have already died, are more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.
And so, I praised the dead more than the living.
And I praised the dead rather than the living: