θηριομαχία

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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Transliteration A: thēriomachía Transliteration B: thēriomachia Transliteration C: thiriomachia Beta Code: qhriomaxi/a

English (LSJ)

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   A fighting with wild beasts, in pl.,= Lat. venationes, Str.2.5.33, Ph.1.602.