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Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans

Sophocles, Antigone, 332-3

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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P. μῖλαξ, σμῖλαξ, ἡ (Plat.) τάξος.

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