ἀπόνοια
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.)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (νοῦς]
A loss of all sense, 1 of fear and hope, desperation, εἰς ἀ. καταστῆσαί τινα to make one desperate, Th.1.82,7.67, cf. Nicol.Com.1.43, Plb.2.35.2, D.H.6.23. 2 of right perception, madness, D.18.249, 25.32, Phld.Lib.p.110., PGiss.8.7.8 (ii A.D.), Alciphr.1.3: in pl., Plb.1.70.5. 3 rebellion, ἀ. καὶ στάσις Antig. ap.Heph.Astr.2.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] ἡ, Verzweiflung, εἰς ἀπόνοιαν καταστῆσαί τινα, zur V. bringen, Thuc. 1, 82; Wahnsinn, Unsinn, bes. sittliche Verworfenheit, vgl. Theophr. Char. 6; Din. 1, 82; Ggstz λογισμὸς καὶ αἰδώς Detn. 25, 32; Pol. 1, 70: Luc. Nigr. 23. Auch verzweifelter Muth, Pol. 1, 82 u. öfter; wie Plut. Cic. 31, der Alc. 13 ἀναισχυντία καὶ ἀπ. der εὐτολμία καὶ ἀνδρεία entgegensetzt.
