appeasement
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
soothing: P. κήλησις, ἡ (Plato), παραμυθία, ἡ (Plato).
something that soothes: V. θελκτήριον, τό, μείλιγμα, τό, θέλγητρον, τό; see propitiation.