οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
subs.
Since he lays such emphasis on the past: P. ἐπειδὴ πολὺς τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται (Dem. 294).
