τοὐπιεικὲς: an equitable and humane disposition. Arist. Eth. Nic. 5.10 “τὸ ἐπιεικὲς δίκαιον μέν ἐστιν, οὐ τὸ κατὰ νόμον δέ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπανόρθωμα νομίμου δικαίου”. Her. 3.53 “τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθεῖσι”, “"prefer the more equitable course to the letter of their right."” Soph. fr. 699 “ὃς οὔτε τοὐπιεικὲς οὔτε τὴν χάριν
οἶδεν, μόνην δ᾽ ἔστερξε τὴν ἁπλῶς δίκην
” (speaking of Hades). Cp. Isocr. or. 15 § 300; Athens might be called the “ἄστυ τῆς Ἑλλαδος” both for other reasons “καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τὸν τρόπον τῶν ἐνοικούντων” (the Athenian character)“: οὐδένας γὰρ εἶναι πραοτέρους οὐδὲ κοινο-” “τέρους οὐδ᾽ οἷς οἰκειότερον ἄν τις τὸν ἅπαντα βίον συνδιατρίψειεν”: “"no people are gentler, or of larger sympathies, or more kindly associates throughout life."”