ε4016Ἐχθραντέος
hateful, to be hated
Sophocles [writes]: "the enemy is hateful to us in so far as he will be a friend hereafter; and to a friend I would wish to render so much service as to one who will not always stay [true]." One must, he is saying,…
Ἐχθραντέος· Σοφοκλῆς· ὅ τ' ἐχθρὸς ἡμῖν ἐς τοσόνδ' ἐχθραντέος, ὡς καὶ φιλήσων αὖθις· ἔς τε τὸν φίλον τοιαῦθ' ὑπουργῶν ὠφελεῖν βουλήσομαι, ὡς αἰὲν οὐ μενοῦντα. δεῖ, φησί, προσέχειν…