Κύμα
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)
English (Slater)
Κῡμα
1 Cumae 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)
English (Slater)
Κῡμα
1 Cumae 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)
