ζεύκτειρα
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)
ἡ, fem. from sq., of Aphrodite, Orph.H.55.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1138] ἡ, die Verbinderinn, Aphrodite, Orph. H. 54, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζεύκτειρα: ἡ, θηλ. ἐκ τοῦ ἑπομ., ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης, Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 54. 3.
