Ὀπισθόπους δίκη
justice walking behind
Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2006Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [justice] which attends daily on wrongdoings.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀπισθόπους δίκη· ἡ μεθ' ἡμέραν ἀκολουθοῦσα τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν.
Betacode
*)opisqo/pous di/kh: h( meq' h(me/ran a)kolouqou=sa toi=s a)dikh/masin.
Notes
- The headword phrase is used by Gregory of Nazianzus in his Funeral Speech for his father (PG 35.1016), borrowing an adjective from Attic tragedy (e.g. Aeschylus, Choephori 713).
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