εἰς τὰ ἐπὶ θάτερα τοῦ ποταμοῦ παραστάντες οἱ Συρακόσιοι

From LSJ

ἀνθρωπεία φύσις πολεμία τοῦ προὔχοντος → human nature is hostile to all that is eminent

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

the Syracusans lining the other bank of the river