Poeas
From LSJ
ἄλλαι μὲν βουλαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλα δὲ Θεὸς κελεύει → man proposes, God disposes | men's wishes are different from what God orders | man's will is often different than God's decisions
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ποίας, -αντος, ὁ (οι sometimes scanned short, Soph., Phil. 329).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Poeas: (Paeas), antis, m., = Ποίας,
I the father of Philoctetes, Ov. M. 9, 233; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1603; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,
A Poeantĭădes (Paeant-), ae, m., the son of Pœas, i. e. Philoctetes, Ov. M. 13, 313. —
B Poeantĭus (Paeant-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pœas, Pœantian: Poeantia proles, i. e. Philoctetes, Ov. M. 13, 45; also: heros, id. R. Am. 111; and absol. Poeantius, id. Tr. 5, 1, 61.
