ὁρῶντες προσβολὴν ἔχον τὸ χωρίον τῆς Σικελίας

From LSJ

ἀνθρωπεία φύσις πολεμία τοῦ προὔχοντος → human nature is hostile to all that is eminent

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

seeing that the place was the key of Sicily