line drawn at the winning-post

From LSJ

μέτρον γὰρ τοῦ βίου τὸ καλόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦ χρόνου μῆκος → for life's measure is its beauty not its length (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 111.D.4)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

γραμμή, τέρμα

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