Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρες

tearful men are good

Translated by William Hutton1 Apr 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

10 words

In reference to those who are strongly inclined toward pity.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρες· ἐπὶ τῶν σφόδρα πρὸς ἔλεον ῥεπόντων.

Betacode

*)agaqoi\ d' a)rida/krues a)/ndres: e)pi\ tw=n sfo/dra pro\s e)/leon r(epo/ntwn.

Same entry in Photius, and the same or very similar ones in the paroemiographers. This version of the proverb is the second half of a line of hexameter verse (complete with the particle d'); there are slight variants in (e.g.) the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.349.