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πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
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English (LSJ)
[ῐ], gen. ου or α, Ion. Μίδης, εω, ὁ, Midas, proverbial for his wealth,
A εἰ . . πλουτοίη . . Μίδεω καὶ Κινύρεω μάλιον Tyrt.12.6, cf. Hom.Epigr.3; ἐὰν . . πλουτῇ Κινύρα τε καὶ Μίδα μᾶλλον Pl.Lg.660e, cf. R.408b; ὑπὲρ . . τὸν Μίδα πλοῦτον Luc.Merc.Cond.20; his ass's ears alluded to in Ar.Pl.287, etc. II the luckiest throw of the dice, which (with the Greeks) was when the numbers were all different, = Ἡρακλῆς, Eub.58. III a destructive insect in beans, Thphr.CP 4.15.4.
