πυρισθενής

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

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Transliteration A: pyristhenḗs Transliteration B: pyristhenēs Transliteration C: pyristhenis Beta Code: purisqenh/s

English (LSJ)

ές,

   A mighty with fire, Διόνυσος Nonn.D.24.6; πολιῆται ib.29.193, cf. PMag.Berol.2.90.