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Εὐδαίμονες οἷσι κακῶν ἄγευστος αἰών → Blessed are those whose lives have no taste of suffering

Sophocles, Antigone, 583

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ. Reluctance to take the field: P. ἀπόκνησις τῶν στρατειῶν. Unwillingness to grant a thing: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ. From base reluctance to benefit any men: V. φειδοῖ πονηρᾷ μηδένʼ εὖ ποιεῖν βροτῶν (Eur., Frag.).