οὐδεὶς παρῆν Ἀργεῖος οἰκεία δὲ χείρ

From LSJ

Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

no Argive was present but only his own retinue