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σεσαλαγμένος οἴνῳ -> wined up, drunk, drunk with wine

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ξένωι δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι -> it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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

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ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής -> even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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ἄρα γε -> surely then, so then

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

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ὁπλολογέω -> disarm

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ἐντονία -> hard-on;

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μακαρία -> bliss, blessedness, happiness, foolishness, nonsense

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πτωχότερος κίγκλου -> poorer than a little grebe, poorer than a church mouse, as poor as a church mouse, poor as a church mouse

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ὡς νῦν ἔχει -> as it now stands, as it is now

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Αἰσχύλος -> Aeschylus

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θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας -> trampling down death by death

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σκοτωματικὸν πάθος -> dizziness, dizzy spells, blackout

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ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἅπασα ὑμῖν ἤρτηται σωτηρία -> your safety altogether depends upon the sea

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ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς -> easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft

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Ὀλύμπια ἄγειν -> hold the Olympic Games, celebrate the Olympic Games

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νέωι δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει -> it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς -> I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. -> for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.

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