ἀναρχία
μηδενὶ συμφορὰν ὀνειδίσῃς, κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → never mock a disaster, fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A lack of a leader, ἀναρχίης ἐούσης since there was no commander, Hdt.9.23; οὐκ ἐρεῖτ' ἀ. A.Supp.906. II lawlessness, anarchy, δημόθρους ἀναρχία Id.Ag.883, cf. Th.6.72; ἀ. καὶ ἀνομία Pl. R.575a; opp. ἐλευθερία, 560e; ἀ. καὶ ἀταξία Arist.Pol.1302b29; ἀ. δούλων καὶ γυναικῶν their independence, ib. 1319b28. III at Athens, a year during which there was no archon, X.HG2.3.1, Arist.Ath. 13.1. IV not holding office, Arr.Epict.3.20.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 206] ἡ, Mangel an Befehlshabern, Herrenlosigkeit, Her. 9, 23; vgl. Aesch. Suppl. 888; Xen. An. 3, 2, 29. Bes. Ungehorsam gegen den Herrscher, Aesch. Spt. 1021 Ag. 857 Soph. Ant. 668; übh. Mangel an geordneter Regierung, Anarchie, neben ἀνομία Plat. Rep. IX, 575 a VIII, 560 ff u. Sp. In Athen hieß so bes. das Jahr (Ol. 94, 1) unter den 30 Tyrannen, wo kein Archon war, Xen. Hell. 2, 3. 1.
