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σεσαλαγμένος οἴνῳ → wined up, drunk, drunk with wine

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γαμικὸς μοῦνος ἐνὶ φθιμένοις → in a nubile age unique among the dead

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πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται → death is a debt which every one of us must pay

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πᾶσα οἰκία ὁπλιτῶν νένακτο → every house had been crammed with soldiers

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τὸ πλῆθος οὐκ εὐαρίθμητον ἦν → the crowd wasn't easy to count, the crowd was not small, it was not a small crowd

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Πᾶσα γυνὴ χόλος ἐστὶν· ἔχει δ' ἀγαθὰς δύο ὥρας, τὴν μίαν ἐν θαλάμῳ, τὴν μίαν ἐν θανάτῳ → Every woman is an annoyance. She has two good times: one in the bedroom, one in death.

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κατ' ἦμαρ → day by day, from day to day, this day, today

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μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

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εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor

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σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος → all the world's a stage, all life is a stage

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ἀεὶ γὰρ πονεῖ τὸ ζῷον → a living being is always experiencing suffering, this is because a state of strain is the normal condition of an animal organism, for the animal is always toiling

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νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα –> whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this

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φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ → nature loves to conceal herself, nature loves to hide, concealment accompanies Physis, concealment remains with physis like a friend, the natural companion of physis is concealment, physis naturally seeks to remain something of a mystery, nature loves to hide her secrets

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χῶραι ἄπεπτοι → countries where fruits ripen ill

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κραταίπιλος → with strong felt

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οὐ καταισχυνῶ τὰ ὅπλα τὰ ἱερά → I will never bring reproach upon my hallowed arms

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οὕτω γὰρ συμβαίνει ἅμα καὶ ἡ τῶνδε εὐγένεια κοσμουμένη → for by so doing we shall also celebrate therewith the noble birth of these heroes

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ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος –> work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness

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αἱ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν → but they in their wrath maimed him, but they in their wrath made him helpless, but they in their wrath made him blind

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ὦ φίλον ὕπνου θέλγητρον, ἐπίκουρον νόσου –> o dearest charm of sleep, ally against sickness

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