Semantic history of the term "evil" in ancient Greek and early Christian lexicon

Lexical, semantic and axiological aspects of the term "evil" (πονηρία, το κακ?ν) are analyzed in this paper in terms of Ancient Greek and early Christian thought. The work revolves around texts by Plato, Aristotle, Aristophanes, Euripides, Origen, Plotinus, and the New Testament. Pragmatic components of ancient ethical lexicon come to light. Semantic difficulties in translation of Greek ethical lexicon into English will be described.