ἀπάτα δ̓: guile on the one part (ἑτέρα), matching itself against deeds of guile on the other (ἑτέραις), makes a recompense of woe, not of grace (as in return for good deeds): ἔχειν, epexeg. "(for the deceiver) to enjoy" (cp. Il. 1.347 “δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν”). ἀπάτα ἑτέρα, not another kind of guile, but another instance of it, as Ph. 138 “τέχνα ῾α κινγ᾽ς σκιλλ̓ τέχνας ἑτέρας προὔχει”, excels skill in another man. παραβαλλ., as Eur. I. T. 1094 “ἐγώ σοι παραβάλλομαι θρήνους”, vie with thee in dirges: Andr. 290 “παραβαλλόμεναι”, abs., "in rivalry." For the sentiment cp. Plat. Crito 49B “οὐδὲ (“δεῖ”) ἀδικούμενον ἄρα ἀνταδικεῖν, ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ οἴονται”:
.“ἓν δ᾽ ἐπίσταμαι μέγα,
τὸν κακῶς με δρῶντα δεινοῖς ἀνταμείβεσθαι κακοῖς
”Archil. fr. 67
“φίλον εἴη φιλεῖν:
ποτὶ δ᾽ ἐχθρὸν ἅτ᾽ ἐχθρὸς ἐὼν λύκοιο δίκαν ὑποθεύσομαι,
ἄλλ᾽ ἄλλοτε πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς.
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