Εὐδαίμων
happy
Translated by Marcelo Boeri31 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who is rich,1 one who is virtuous.
"[It is] completely necessary that good people should be better off in Hades, and that bad people should be worse off. I think that even for those still spending time here a happy gratification will follow upon the just people and that an unhappy vengeance will follow upon the bad people."2
"[It is] completely necessary that good people should be better off in Hades, and that bad people should be worse off. I think that even for those still spending time here a happy gratification will follow upon the just people and that an unhappy vengeance will follow upon the bad people."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐδαίμων· ὁ πλούσιος, ὁ ἐνάρετος. πᾶσα ἀνάγκη τοῖς μὲν ἀγαθοῖς ἐν ᾅδου ἔσεσθαι ἄμεινον, τοῖς δὲ κακοῖς κάκιον. οἶμαι δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἐνθάδε ἔτι διατρίβουσι, τοῖς μὲν δικαίοις ἀκολουθήσειν εὐδαίμονα χάριν, τοῖς δὲ ἀδίκοις κακοδαίμονα τίσιν.