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ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή -> But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, "Hypsipyle" fr. 60.94ff.)

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διὰ λαμπροτάτου βαίνοντες ἁβρῶς αἰθέρος -> passing lightly through clear-shining air (Euripides, "Medea" 829)

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τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν -> out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire

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ἰαμάτων τὴν χάριν -> divine grace of cures and healings

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ὁ Κρὴς τὸν πόντον ἀγνοεῖ -> the Cretan knows nothing of the sea, feign ignorance

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Ὁ οὖν Ἀστυάγης καλέσᾱς Ἅρπαγον, ἄνδρα οἰκεῖον καὶ πιστότατόν τε Μήδων καὶ πάντων ἐπίτροπον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ, ἔλεγεν αὐτῷ τοιάδε· Ἅρπαγε, τὸ πρᾶγμα ὃ ἄν σοι προσθῶ, μηδαμῶς παραχρήσῃ, μηδὲ ἐμέ τε παραβάλῃ καὶ ἄλλους ἑλόμενος ἐξ ὑστέρας σεαυτῷ περι-πέσῃς.

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Time in Verb/Participle Constructs: e.g., συνάγονται...ἐλθόντες / ἰδόντες...ἐπερωτῶσιν (Mark 7:1-5)

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οἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι -> those who are in power, those who are in office

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ἀκίνδυνοι ἀρεταί -> virtues that court no danger, cheap virtues, easy virtues

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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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τοὺς γέροντας λιποῦσαι ἤκομεν σύμπαντας τοὺς ῥήτορας τοὺς κεκλοφότας δώρων γραψόμεναι.

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συμβεβυσμένος -> crowded together, densely packed

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στεφανηφορήσας καὶ ἱερατεύσας -> having worn the crown and having had the priesthood

Started by Euterpe

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

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Φησὶν ὁ Ἀρκεσίλαος, ὅτι ὁ περὶ πάντων ἐπέχων κανονιεῖ τὰς αἱρέσεις καὶ φυγὰς καὶ κοινῶς τὰς πράξεις τῷ εὐλόγῳ, κατὰ τοῦτό τε προερχόμενος τὸ κριτήριον κατορθώσει (Sextus Empiricus)

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φήνη -> γυπαετός ο γενειοφόρος

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ἐν ᾗ -> in which

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κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα [τοῦ ἀγροῦ] πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει -> Look at field-lilies, how they keep growing. They don’t toil, they don’t spin. (Luke 12:27)

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

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ἐν μὲν γὰρ ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ μνήμην τῆς οἰκείας προσηγορίας ποιεῖται, ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει, οὐδαμοῦ δὲ ἀπόστολον οὐδ' εὐαγγελιστήν (Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 3.5.88) -> For in his epistles he doesn't even make mention of his own name — or simply calls himself "the elder," but nowhere "apostle" or "evangelist."

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