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τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
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English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A one who supplies or provides, π. τῶν κακῶν τῷ δήμῳ Th.8.48; φύλαξ καὶ π. ἀλλοτρίων χρημάτων Eus.Mynd.24; δόξης Phld.Rh.2.53 S. (Comp.). babs., money-maker, J.AJ19.2.5. 2 pl., at Athens, a financial board appointed to raise extraordinary supplies, Ar.Ra.1505, Antipho 6.49, etc.: hence metaph., τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοὶ ταμίαι καὶ π. D.4.33. 3 the name used by robbers of themselves, οἱ λῃσταὶ αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσι νῦν Arist.Rh.1405a26.
