θηριομαχία
From LSJ
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)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fighting with wild beasts, in pl.,= Lat. venationes, Str.2.5.33, Ph.1.602.