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ἄλλος Ἡρακλῆς, ἄλλος αὐτός -> close friendship, close friend, another Hercules—another self, another Heracles—another self

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τῷ παιδὶ μάχεσθαι -> makes a scene with his lackey, scolds his lackey

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καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα -> just as a snake sheds its old skin

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ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ -> where the cuirass met the buckle so as to be double

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λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν -> join like with like, deal with matters of like kind

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ὑπὲρ τὸ λίνον -> against fate

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ὑπὲρ μόρον -> against fate

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τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν -> but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out

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ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ -> in the abdominal cavity, in the area below the thorax

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ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι –> I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

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καὶ νῦν περὶ ἀρετῆς ὃ ἔστιν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, σὺ μέντοι ἴσως πρότερον μὲν ᾔδησθα πρὶν ἐμοῦ ἅψασθαι, νῦν μέντοι ὅμοιος εἶ οὐκ εἰδότι -> So now I do not know what virtue is; perhaps you knew before you contacted me, but now you are certainly like one who does not know

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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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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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προϊόντος τοῦ λόγου -> in the course of speech, in the course of one's speech, in the course of my speech

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ἄλλος οὗτος Ἡρακλῆς -> here is a second Hercules, a second Heracles, another Hercules, another Heracles

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ὑγίεια καὶ νοῦς ἀγαθὰ τῷ βίῳ δύο -> health and brains are the two good things for life

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τοιοῦτος πλανίων ἄβιος βίος -> that sort of wandering is no life for a life

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ἔργον δὲ καλὸν οὔτε θεῖον οὔτ ̓ ἀνθρώπειον χωρὶς ἐμοῦ γίγνεται -> there is no fine work of man or god without me

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ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός -> plenty, numerous, countless, a good many, a load of, a lot, a motherload of, a mountain of, a slew of, a wad of, a whale of, a whole bunch, a whole slew of, boatload, buttload, crapload, crapton, fuckload, load of, lots of, oodles, peck of troubles, scores of, shedload, shitful, shitload, spin plates, tons of

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τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς κινεῖν λίθον -> move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort

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