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στρατηγός -> general

Started by Kern

οὔ τοι διὰ τὴν πρᾱγμάτων ἐμπειρίᾱν ἀλλ' ἀγαθῇ πως τύχῃ πράττει ἃ ἂν πράττῃ ἐκεινος ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ εὑτυχής. τῑμώντων οὖν αὐτὸν οἱ

Started by jmorsay

Εὐφραίνου ἐφ' ᾧ πάραι -> Enjoy the moment.

Started by Euterpe

Η ΙΦΙΓΕΝΕΙΑ Η ΠΟΛΥΚΛΑΥΤΗ ΤΟ ΕΜΟΝ ΕΡΝΟΣ

Started by lucyk7737

Herodotus quote

Started by Hiall

μέτρον γὰρ τοῦ βίου τὸ καλόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦ χρόνου μῆκος -> for life's measure is its beauty not its length (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 111.D.4)

Started by spiros

εἰ ἄνευ ἐκείνων τῶν ἱππέων τῶν εὐδαιμόν μὴ ἤθελον εἰς μάχην τάξασθαι οἱ ὁπλῖται ὑπέρ γε τοῦ τοὺς πολεμίους φυλάξασθαι, ἡ τῆς πόλεως ἀρχὴ ἀληθῶς ἂν ἐλύετο. ταύτην δὴ τὴν πόλιν ἀξιοῖμέν γ' ἀρχῆς.

Started by jmorsay

ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταῖς τῇ ἀληθείᾳ εὖ πολιτευομέναις οὐχ ὁ δῆμος ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος βασιλεύς· πᾶς γὰρ πολίτης τοῖς νόμοις πειθόμενος δίκαια πράττει ὡστε σῴζεσθαι τήν γε πόλιν ἐκ κινδύνων τε καὶ φόβων.

Started by jmorsay

Παρθένε, ἐν ἀκροπόλει Τελεσῖνος ἄγαλμ' ἀνέθηκεν, Κήττιος, ᾧ χαίρουσα, διδοίης ἄλλο ἀναθεῖναι –> O Virgin goddess, Telesinos from the deme of Kettos has set up a statue on the Acropolis. If you are pleased with it, please grant that he set up another

Started by rny

Ο κύριος διδάσκει τους αποστόλους εν τω οίκω του Πέτρου και λέγει

Started by iPave

Προθέσεις (εἰς, ἐν, ἐκ, ὑπό)

Started by Elias71

Πυλάδη, σε γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ πιστὸν νομίζω καὶ φίλον ξένον τ’ ἐμοί -> Pylades (for indeed I consider you, foremost among men, loyal and kind and a host to me), ... (Euripides' "Electra" 82-83)

Started by Kurama

προεπηγγείλατο -> foreannounced, announced before, promised beforehand

Started by Nona35

Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι -> One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)

Started by Ingridrasmussen

σοὶ μὲν παιδιὰν τοῦτ' εἶναι, ἐμοὶ δὲ θάνατον -> This is sport to you but death to me (Aristotle, "Eudemian Ethics" 1243a20)

Started by kingofnowhere

Αἰτεῖτε καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτε καὶ εὑρήσετε, κρούετε καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν -> Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you (Matthew 7:7)

Started by spiros

Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. -> Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)

Started by deleyd

πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ -> The good father does not hold anger towards his son (Chaeremon, fragment 35)

Started by Kurama

οὗτοι μὲν ἐκείνοις ταῦτα ἔλεγον· ἐκεῖναι δὲ τούτοις ἔλεγον τάδε.

Started by Kurama

οἱ ποιηταὶ ἐπαίδευον τοὺς πολίτας καλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά

Started by Kurama