περίπολοι

From LSJ

καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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)

Source

English (Woodhouse)

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Lexicon Thucydideum

circitores, skirmishers, 4.67.2, 4.67.5. 8.92.2, 8.92.5.