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ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… shared by all." Aelian [writes]: "Mithridates described the departure of Lucullus as a stroke of luck for him." And elsewhere: "welcoming the good fortune of the opportunity and, with necessity summoning, not yielding to …Matched in translationhighshort
α2424Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρειone man differs from another."For though the army of Lucullus was always seditious, Pompey, after taking this over, held them without their being seditious in any way."Matched in translationhighshort
αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… and the net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] …

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Εὐερμία

good fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes

[Meaning] lucky finding, success. Like dusermi/a, [meaning] failure. Hence they used to call chance discoveries "Hermes shared by all." Aelian [writes]: "Mithridates described the departure of Lucullus as a stroke of…

Εὐερμία· ἐπιτυχία, εὐτυχία. ὡς δυσερμία, ἡ ἀτυχία. ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς τύχης εὑρήματα κοινὸν Ἑρμῆν ἔλεγον. Αἰλιανός· Μιθριδάτης δὲ τὴν ἀποδημίαν Λευκούλλου ἑαυτῷ κατέγραψεν…

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