συνετῶν μὲν ἀνδρῶν, πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι → it is the part of prudent men, before difficulties arise, to provide against their arising; and of courageous men to deal with them when they have arisen
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P. and V. ἔπαινος, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἐγκώμιον, τό, εὐλογία, ἡ, V. ἐπαίνεσις, ἡ, αἶνος, ὁ.
He was the first of those engaged in the war to receive public commendation in Sparta: P. πρῶτος τῶν κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐπῃνέθη ἐν Σπάρτῃ (Thuc. 2, 25).
