The Imminence of Forgetting and Being Forgotten

Notes

1. §7.21.1Ἐγγὺς — The adverb Ἐγγὺς, expressing closeness in time, is used predicatively at the beginning of each clause without the copula (ἐστί or the future ἔσται). The particles μὲν... δέ... contrast the two parallel statements.
2. §7.21.1ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη — This phrase stands in symmetrical contrast with the subsequent ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη. In the first half, the possessive adjective σή expresses a subjective relation (your forgetting), while the prepositional phrase περὶ πάντων expresses an objective relation (all things). In the second half, the genitive πάντων acts subjectively (all things forgetting), and περὶ σοῦ objectively (you), creating a precise chiastic contrast of subject and object.