Κύμα

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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Κῡμα
   1Cumae in Italy. ταί θ' ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι Σικελία τ αὐτοῦ πιέζει στέρνα λαχνάεντα (sc. Τυφῶνος) (P. 1.18) ὁ Φοίνιξ ὁ Τυρσανῶν τ' ἀλαλατὸς ναυσίστονον ὕβριν ἰδὼν τὰν πρὸ Κύμας (a reference to the battle, in which Hiero defeated the Carthaginian and Etruscan fleet at sea 474/3 B. C.) (P. 1.72)