χαλκάνθρωπος
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν 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)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A copper-man, alchemical term in Zos.Alch.p.110B.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Μ
(αλχ.) χάλκινος άνθρωπος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χαλκ(ο)- + ἄνθρωπος.
