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ὦ πολλῶν ἤδη λοπάδων τοὺς ἄμβωνας περιλείξας → you who have licked the labia of many vaginas (Eupolis fr. 52)

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Ω πολίται, μη έχετε άλλα μεν ρήματα άλλα δε νοήματα. Πού μοι τα ρόδα, πού μοι τα ία.

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ὦ πλοῦτε καὶ τυραννὶ καὶ τέχνη τέχνης ὑπερφέρουσα τῷ πολυζήλῳ βίῳ –> o wealth, and tyranny, and supreme skill exceedingly envied in life

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ὦ πάτερ, ἐξενῑκήθησάν τε σύμπαντες οἱ πολέμιοι ὑπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τῶν εὐγενῶν καὶ ἡ εὐδαίμων πόλις ἐσώθη. νῑκήσᾱς γὰρ ταῦτ' ἀπήγγειλε καὶ τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ μετά τὴν μάχην εἰς τὴν Ἀθηναίων πόλιν ἀποπεμφθείς. μενεῖ οὖν οὖτος ἐν πόλει μ

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ὦ παῖδες, ἐὰν οἰ πολέμιοι φθάσωσι τοὺς Ἀθηναὶους εἰς μέσην γε τὴν πόλιν εἰσελθόντες, ἐνταῦθ' οὐκέτι παραμενοῦμεν. οὐ γάρ τοι ῥᾴδιον τὸ βαρβάρων ὑπακούειν.

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ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ', ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ παῖδας, γυναῖκας, θεῶν τέ πατρῴων ἕδη, θήκας τε προγόνων: νῦν ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀγών. –> O children of the Greeks, go, free your homeland, free also your children, your wives, the temples of your fathers' gods, and the tombs of your ancestors: now the struggle is for all things.

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ὦ ὁπλῖτα, εἴθε μὴ ἀποβάλοις τὰ ὅπλα. ἅμα γὰρ ταῦτα ἀποβαλὼν οὔτ' ἄν ποτ' ἐν μάχῃ σωθείης οὔτε καλῶς ἀκούσει ποτέ. μένων οὖν ἐνταῦθα δόξης ἀξιώθητι.

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ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι –> go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie | go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, that here obedient to their words we lie

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ὦ μιαρὰ φάρυξ → oh disgusting throat, of a glutton

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ὦ καλὴ Κορίνθια → O beautiful Corinthian (inscription found on a water fountain)

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ὦ κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενε → o destined to a miserable end, thou villain, thou scoundrel, thou knave

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ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. –> O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.

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ὦ θάνατε, σωφρόνισμα τῶν ἀγνωμόνων –> o death, chastener of the foolish | ο death, warning to the arrogant

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ὦ εὔδαιμον Σώκρατες, τὴν ἀρετῆς φύσιν τοῖς φίλοις δηλοῖς; ἐάν γὰρ τὴν ἀρετὴν εὖ δηλοῖς, οὔτοι ἀδικήσουσιν, ἀλλ' εἰ μὴ τοῦτ' εὖ δηλοῖς, κακὰ ἂν πράττοιεν. καλῶς δὴ ποιεῖς ἃπαντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ δηλῶν.

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ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις –> Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world

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ὦ διάνοια, ἐὰν ἐρευνᾷς τοὺς ἱεροφαντηθέντας λόγους μὲν θεοῦ, νόμους δὲ ἀνθρώπων θεοφιλῶν, οὐδὲν ταπεινὸν οὐδ᾽ ἀνάξιον τοῦ μεγέθους αὐτῶν ἀναγκασθήσῃ παραδέχεσθαι –> if, O my understanding, thou searchest on this wise into the oracles which are both words of God and laws given by men whom God loves, thou shalt not be compelled to admit anything base or unworthy of their dignity

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ὦ γύναι, ὅταν ὁ βασιλεὺς θυσίαν ἀγάγῃ ὑπὲρ τοῦ 'Αθηναίων δήμου κακὰ πάσχοντος, λίθους λαβοῦσα μὴ βάλλε τούς γε ἱερέας. ἐὰν γὰρ τοῦτο ποιήσῃς, κακὰ πείσει.

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ὦ γλυκύτατε → my dear fellow

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ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι → o men of Athens, Athenians

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ὦ ἀδελφοί, παύεσθε τρόπαια πρὸ τῆς μεγάλης οἰϰίας ἱστάμενοι.

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