πόλεμον ἀντ' εἰρήνης μεταλαμβάνειν

From LSJ

ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθ' ἀπόλωλεν, ἐπεὶ πίεν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ → so there he perished, when he had drunk the salt water

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

prefer war to peace