keys opened the gates without mortal hand

From LSJ

Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ᾽ Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

κλῇδες δ' ἀνῆκαν θύρετρ' ἄνευ θνητῆς χερός

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