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οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ –> for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength

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τούτου μὲν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐγὼ σοφώτερός εἰμι -> I am wiser than this man

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ἐξαίφνης ἀποθανόντος -> the moment he is dead

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κατὰ τὸν αὑτοῦ δαίμονα βιοῦν -> live under the direction of his own guiding spirit

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ἂν βούλησθε ἀκούειν καί μοι περιουσία ᾖ τοῦ ὕδατος -> if you care to hear and if the water in the water-clock holds out, if you care to hear and if I have time enough for speaking

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δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός -> more timid than a Phrygian hare

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θοἰμάτιον οὐκ ἀπολώλεκ', ἀλλὰ καταπεφρόντικα -> I haven't lost my himation; I've pledged it to Thought | I have not lost my himation, but I've thought it away | I have not lost my himation, but I spent it in the schools

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ὁκόταν οὖν ταῦτα πληρωθέωσιν, ἐμωρώθη ἡ καρδίη· εἶτα ἐκ τῆς μωρώσιος νάρκη· εἶτ’ ἐκ τῆς νάρκης παράνοια ἔλαβεν -> now when these parts are filled, the heart becomes stupefied, then from the stupefaction numb, and finally from the numbness these women become deranged

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ὑπηρετεῖν τοῖς ἀρχιδίοις -> serve the petty magistrates, serve the petty officers

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μάλιστα ἀνθρώπων -> most of all

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θεοξένια -> theoxenia, festival in honour of Apollo at Pellene, festival in honour of the Dioscuri at Agrigentum

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ᾤχετο ἀπιών -> vanished, disappeared, disappeared into thin air, vanished into thin air

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σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον -> my wife’s death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery?

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τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων -> things done by humans?

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κλέος ἔπραξεν -> won a good reputation

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ἀρχή ἄνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man

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θεοξενία -> theoxeny, theoxenia

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καὶ τοσαύτῃ περιουσίᾳ χρήσασθαι πονηρίας -> in the veriest extravagance of malice

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε –> if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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ἐξ ἴσου -> evenly, equally, in like measure, on a level with, on equal terms

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