Simois
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(River) Σιμόεις, -εντος, ὁ.
Land of Simois: Σιμοῦντις (-ιδος), γῆ, ἡ (Ar., Thes. 110).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Sĭmŏīs: entis, m., = Σιμόεις,
I a small river in Troas that falls into the Scamander, now Mendere Tchai, Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Verg. A. 1, 100; 1, 618; 6, 88; Hor. Epod. 13, 14; Ov. M. 13, 324; Prop. 2, 9, 12.
