Φοινικόστολος
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Φοινῑκόστολος: -ον, ὁ ὐπὸ τῶν Φοινίκων στελλόμενος, Φοιν. ἔγχεα, δηλαδὴ ἔγχεα τοῦ τῶν Φοινίκων στόλου, Πινδ. Ν. 9. 67.
English (Slater)
Φοινῑκόστολος
1of a Phoenician army πεῖραν μὲν ἀγάνορα Φοινικοστόλων ἐγχέων ταύταν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ἀναβάλλομαι ὡς πόρσιστα (the meaning with blood red spears is also intended, with ref. to the expedition of the Seven) (N. 9.28)
