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πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται –> for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 14:11)

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς –> why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye

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φήσετε τάσδε κακὰ πράττειν.

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Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)

Started by kitt

μὴ εἴπῃς ὠς οὐκ ἔστι Ζεύς → don't say that there is no Zeus

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Xenathon → Ξεναθών

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ὁποία δ' ἦν αὕτη ἡ παίδευσις δύναταί τις γιγνώσκειν διάλογόν τινα τοῦ Πλάτωνος σκοπῶν → It's possible to find out what kind of education that was by examining one of Plato's dialogues

Started by Porphyrogenitos

εἰ γὰρ μήτε Ζεὺς μήτε οἱ ἄλλοι δαίμονες σώσαιεν τοὺς τόν δῆμον προδόντας !

Started by jmorsay

νομίζετε τόν γε Σωκράτη πολλὰ καὶ κακὰ παθεῖν.

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ἄχρι → until, unto, up to, as far as, for, in, into, till, until, while

Started by spiros

φῶμεν μόνους τοὺς σοφοὺς εὺδαίμονας εἶναι;

Started by jmorsay

δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

Started by ExoGonia

Οὐδεὶς δὲ αὐτῶν ἡγήσατο τοὺς θεοὺς οὕτω τάχα τοὺς αἰτίους τιμωρήσεσθαι

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IKSTOIASONAKROPADAKEYA

Started by stasis

What's the difference between καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος and καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος? (John 1:1)

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Kατεσκευάσθη τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο ποτήριον ... ἐν ἔτει ,αω'α' → Τhis holy cup was made ... in the year 1801

Started by Holygrail

Κτησάμενοι δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἤρχοντο τοὺς γεωργοὺς δουλώσασθαι

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τοὺς δὲ λίθους διενέγκωμεν διὰ τοῦ πεδίου περιβαλούμενοι τεῖχος τῇ πόλει.

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ἕστι νεανίας τις ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ πρὸ τῆς οἰκίας βουλόμενός σέ τι ἐρωτῆσαι. ἐρωτῶ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ.

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