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τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ πᾶσι βροτοῖσιν → all mortals have by nature an insatiable appetite for success, our mortal state with bliss is never satiate, success is something for which humanity is insatiatable

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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P. μῖλαξ, ἡ (Plat.).

The word is also found in Eur., Bacch. 703, and Aristophanes, Nub. 1007, but apparently with a different meaning.