σκυτάλα

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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.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

English (Slater)

σκῠτᾰλα
   1message stick met., message bringer ἐσσὶ γὰρ ἄγγελος ὀρθός, ἠυκόμων σκυτάλα Μοισᾶν (sc. Αἰνέας, leader of the chorus) (O. 6.91)