Phidippides
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φειδιππίδης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phīdippĭdes: or Phīlippĭdes, is, m., = Φειδιππίδης,
I a famous courier at Athens, Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; v. Sillig ad h. l. —The same called Phidippus, Nep. Milt. 4, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Phīdippĭdēs, is, m. (Φειδιππίδης), nom d’un fameux coureur : Plin. 7, 84.
