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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

poison: P. and V. φάρμακον. τό, V. ἰός. ὁ.

cause of mischief: P. and V. κακόν, τό, V. δήλημα, τό, πῆμα, τό.

concretely, of a person: P. and V. λυμεών, ὁ. V. πῆμα, τό, ἄτη, ἡ, λῦμα, τό. Ar. and P. ὄλεθρος. ὁ; see curse.