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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e
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German (Pape)

[Seite 1371] ein Ausdruck der Redner, den Fechter aus seinem Stande mit geschränkten Füßen bringen u. ihn zu Boden werfen, ἡμῶν ἴσως σὺ καταπλιγήσει τῷ χορῷ Ar. Daetal. fr. 16 (Mein. II p. 1035), nach Dindorf's conj. für καταπληγήσει, Hesych. καταπληγμήσει.