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Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

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P. and V. τιμωρός, ὁ or ἡ, V. ποινάτωρ, ὁ, τιμάορος, ὁ or ἡ, δικηφόρος, ὁ or ἡ, πράκτωρ, ὁ.

Avenger of a father's death: V. πατρὶ τιμωρὸς φόνου (Soph., El. 14).

I will become the avenger of my children's blood: V. τέκνοις δικαστὴς αἵματος γενήσομαι (Eur., H.F. 1150).