Δύη
misery
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jan 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] suffering, misfortune.1 Hence also dou=los ["slave"], as being someone miserable [duhlo/s ].2
Callimachus [writes]: "[one would] ward off despised misery."3 [Meaning that] which nobody craves.
In Fables: "because no one has seen his own misery."4
Callimachus [writes]: "[one would] ward off despised misery."3 [Meaning that] which nobody craves.
In Fables: "because no one has seen his own misery."4