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Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

Greek Monolingual

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