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βαυβών -> dildo (Herondas, Mime 6.19)

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τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν -> it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis

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ἤτοι ἐμοὶ τρεῖς μὲν πολὺ φίλταταί εἰσι πόληες Ἄργός τε Σπάρτη τε καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη -> The three cities I love best are Argos, Sparta, and Mycenae of the broad streets

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Ἑκατόμβοια -> Hekatomboia [festival at which hecatombs (100 bulls) were offered]

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Ἑκατόμβαια -> Hekatombaia [name of sacrifice and games to Hera at Argos]

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Ἀκραία -> Akraia, Acraea

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πειθαρχία μήτηρ εὐπραξίας -> obedience is the mother of success

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μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος -> When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.

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Ἡραῖον Ἄργους -> Heraion of Argos, Argive Heraion, Argive Heraeum, Heraeum of Argos

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παντὶ τρόπῳ -> by all means, by hook or by crook

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κερδῷος Ἑρμῆς -> Mercury, God of profit | Hermes, God of profit | Mercury, God of commerce | Hermes, God of commerce

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ἠ πρὸς Τιμόθεον α' ἐπιστολή· Τιμοθέῳ ἑταίρῳ Παῦλος διελέξατο ταῦτα -> First epistle to Timothy: Paul discussed these things with his colleague Timothy

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ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ -> So then pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God! (Matthew 22:21)

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τῇ γαστρὶ μετροῦντες καὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν -> measuring happiness by appetite and base desires

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ἐνίοτε οἱ οἰκέται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐλαύνουσιν αὐτούς -> sometimes the slaves ride them into the sea

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καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες –> they are bold beyond their strength, venturesome beyond their better judgment, and sanguine in the face of dangers

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Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. -> While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.

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ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε -> king of men and gods

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Ἀγνίτας -> Purifier (= Ἁγνίτης)? or Αgnitas ("whose idol is carved from the agnos-tree"), epithet of Asklepios in Pausanias 3.14.7?

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ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ βλέπων γυναῖκα πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὴν ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ -> But I am telling you that anyone who looks at a woman to the extent of lusting after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Matthew 5:28)

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