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45.
Turning to the sons or brothers of the dead,
I see an arduous struggle before you.
When a man is gone, all are wont to praise him, and should your merit be
ever so transcendent, you will still find it difficult not merely to
overtake, but even to approach their renown.
The living have envy to contend with, while those who are no longer in our
path are honored with a goodwill into which rivalry does not enter.
[2]
On the other hand if I must say anything on the subject of female
excellence to those of you who will now be in widowhood, it will be all
comprised in this brief exhortation.
Great will be your glory in not falling short of your natural character; and greatest will be hers who is least talked of among the men whether for
good or for bad.
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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 1304
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- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE PARTICIPLE
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.3
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- Lysias, Against Simon, Lys. 3 6
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- LSJ, ἄρσην
- LSJ, ἀναντα^γώνιστος
- LSJ, ἀντίπα^λος
- LSJ, ἐμποδών
- LSJ, εἰμί
- LSJ, φθόνος
- LSJ, φύσις
- LSJ, κλέος
- LSJ, ὅσος
- LSJ, παραίν-εσις
- LSJ, πρός
- LSJ, ὑπάρχω
- LSJ, χηρ-εία
- LSJ, ψόγος
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