α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζα
necessary table, needy table
[Meaning] a cheap and poor one. And Sophocles says: "O lord Ajax, there is no evil greater for men than this necessary fortune." He is speaking of what is "necessary" in two senses, sometimes in reference to those…
Ἀναγκαία τράπεζα· ἡ εὐτελὴς καὶ πενιχρά. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς φησίν· ὦ δέσποτ' Αἶαν, τῆς ἀναγκαίας τύχης οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν μεῖζον ἀνθρώποις κακόν. διπλῶς φησι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον, ποτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν…
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