προνώπιον

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

Russian (Dvoretsky)

προνώπιον: τό тж. pl. передний двор или преддверие (ἐς προνώπια ἥξειν Eur.): τὸ ἔσχατον χώρας Πελοπίας π. Eur. крайние рубежи земли Пелоповой.