κακῆς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς γίγνεται [[τέλος]] κακόν → from a bad [[beginning]] comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
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Use copper, iron, silver, gold, etc. Metals: P. μεταλλεῖα, τά (Plat., Legg. 678D; cf., Plat., Critias, 114E). Molten metal: V. μύδρος, ὁ.
