picked
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἐξαίρετος, ἔκκριτος, V. κριτός, λεκτός, P. ἔκλεκτος, ἀπόλεκτος.
picked men: use P. and V. λογάδες, αἱ.
picked warriors of Greece: V. Ἑλλάδος λωτίσματα, or λογάδες Ἑλλήνων.