ἀλφηστής
From LSJ
Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί, lit.
A earners (ἀλφάνω), i.e. enterprising men, Od.1.349, cf. Hes. Op.82; esp. of traders or seafarers, Od.13.261, h.Ap.458; ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων, of the Phaeacians, Od.6.8.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), A.Th.770, S.Ph.709. II kind of fish that went in pairs, Labrus cinaedus, Epich.44, Numen. ap. Ath.7.320e: metaph., of lewd men, Sophr.63.
