Harmodius

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)

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Ἁρμόδιος, ὁ.

Harmŏdĭus: ĭi, m., = Ἁρμόδιος,
I a famous Athenian, murderer of Hipparchus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 116; Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87; Gell. 9, 2.

Harmŏdĭus,¹⁵ ĭī, m. (Ἁρμόδιος), Athénien qui conspira avec Aristogiton contre les Pisistratides : Cic. Tusc. 1, 116 || pl., Sen. Tranq. 5, 1.

Harmodius, s. Aristogiton. – Appell. = Tyrannenmörder, unde enim miserae civitati tot Harmodios? Sen. de tranqu. anim. 5, 1.