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ταῦτα δὲ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι -> these things should have been done without neglecting the others | these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others | these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone

Started by spiros

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

Started by jmorsay

πῶς μόνη διδαχθῶ πρὸς τῇ ρητορικῇ τὴν γραφικὴν ὑπὸ τοῦδε τοῦ αἰσχρου ζωγράφου τοῦ θυσίᾱς οὐδε ταῖς μούσαις ἀγαγόντος ποτέ;

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καὶ λέγων ὅτι Πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ· μετανοεῖτε καὶ πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ -> declaring “The time has been accomplished and the kingdom of God is near: start repenting and believing in the gospel!” (Μark 1:15)

Started by mobjack

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.

Started by Hijotiroles

δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ -> a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man

Started by billberg23

αἴτιός τοι τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων νίκης ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων ἡγεμών. οὑ γὰρ δὴ ἧκεν ἐν καιρῷ παρὰ τοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ καίπερ τὴν πόλιν λιπὼν ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὥστε ὁ στρατὸς σύμπας ἐξενικήθη. τοῦ δὲ στρατοῦ νικηθέντος, παύσατε τὸν πόλεμον.

Started by jmorsay

πότε ὑπέρ γε τούτων τῶν πόλεων τῷ τε πατρὶ τῶν θεῶv ...

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Ὁ γεωργὸς λέγει τοῖς ἐταίροις τὴν κτῆσιν τῶν πελέκεων.

Started by menmech

λογάδην -> picked, of troops

Started by spiros

γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά Σου -> let your will be done, thy will be done (Matthew 6:10)

Started by hatu

ἀντιπεπονθός -> reciprocity, requital, suffering in turn, karma;

Started by spiros

πολλῶν δ' ἕνεκα οὐ φονεύσω αὐτόν, καὶ ὅτι ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ συγγενής ἐστιν ὁ παῖς, καὶ ὅτι ὁ Ἀστυάγης μὲν γέρων τ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἄπαις

Started by jmorsay

εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε -> Now if you're accomplishing the King’s Law according to scripture — Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — you're doing the right thing (James 2:8)

Started by billberg23

ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει -> easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

Started by spiros

Ἀντείας -> founder of Antium

Started by september

τῶν ὅπλων καταβληθέντων, καὶ ἄνευ ἀσπίδος μάχου.

Started by jmorsay

προσεφέρθη -> offered himself

Started by Nona35

πότε τὴν θυγατέρα τῇ θεῷ ἔθυσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὅπως ἐξαγάγοι τὸν στρατόν;

Started by jmorsay

τοῦ αὐτοῦ γε ρήτορος ἐϰ τῆς νήσου ἥϰοντος αὑτοὶ ἠϰούσαμεν τάδε· Ἀϰούετε, ὦ πολῖται. ἐπειδὰν οἱ ταύτης τῆς γυναικὸς φονεῖς εἰς ἀγορὰν ἥϰωσι τὰ χρήματα λαβόντες, φόνου δίϰην γράψομαί πως αὐτοὺς πάντας.

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