Κάκη
badness
Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] evil. Plato [sc. uses this word] this way.1
Aelian [writes]: "whoever left his station, the lawgiver condemned him to death, for betraying by cowardice the post in which he was stationed."2
Aelian in the Varied History [writes]: "no house slave is remembered who yielded to cowardice and betrayed his master."3
And elsewhere: "with necessity calling, not to yield to cowardice."4
Aelian [writes]: "whoever left his station, the lawgiver condemned him to death, for betraying by cowardice the post in which he was stationed."2
Aelian in the Varied History [writes]: "no house slave is remembered who yielded to cowardice and betrayed his master."3
And elsewhere: "with necessity calling, not to yield to cowardice."4