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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

English (Slater)

λόγχα
   1 spear πελεμιζόμενοι ὑπ' ἀλεξιμβρότῳ λόγχᾳ i. e. spearsmanship (N. 8.30) χαλκέας λόγχας ἀκμᾷ (N. 10.60) ἀλλαλοφόνους ἐπάξαντο λόγχας ἐνὶ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς fr. 163.