ἀναγώγια
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
English (LSJ)
(sc. ἱερά), τά,
A offerings made on embarkation, a feast of Aphrodite at Eryx, Ael.VH1.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 185] τά, sc. ἱερά, Opferfest bei der Abfahrt, ein Fest der Aphrodite zu Ehren in Eryr auf Sicilien gefeiert, Ael. H. A. 4, 2 V. H. 1, 15; vgl. Ath. IX, 394 e, wo die Zeit des Festes ἀναγωγαί genannt ist, wohl auch in ἀναγώγια zu ändern.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀναγώγια: (ἐνν. ἱερά), τά, θυσίαι καὶ προσφοραὶ γινόμεναι ἐπὶ τῇ ἀναγωγῇ, τῷ ἀπόπλῳ, καὶ ἑορτὴ πρὸς τιμὴν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἐν Ἔρυκι τῆς Σικελίας, Αἰλ. Π. Ἱ. 1. 15, πρβλ. Ἀθήν. 395Α. ἴδε ἀνάγω Ι. 5.
