οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
Ampyx: ycis, m., = Ἄμπυξ.
I One of the Lapithœ; acc. Ampyca, Ov. M. 12, 450. —
II One of the companions of Phineus, changed to stone by Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 184.