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θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ’ οὐ δυνάμεθα -> we all want to live a good life, but we are not all able to do it [Menander Monostichoi 236]

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οἱ ποιηταὶ ἐπαίδευον τοὺς πολίτας καλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά

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ὦ γύναι, ὅταν ὁ βασιλεὺς θυσίαν ἀγάγῃ ὑπὲρ τοῦ 'Αθηναίων δήμου κακὰ πάσχοντος, λίθους λαβοῦσα μὴ βάλλε τούς γε ἱερέας. ἐὰν γὰρ τοῦτο ποιήσῃς, κακὰ πείσει.

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εὐναία -> bedded, nest, anchor

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[ὁ δεῖνα ἀνέθεκε το δεῖνα] hυύς ʹΑθένει, [εὐχσάμενος δεκάτεν σὺ χ] άριν ἀντιδίδο. -> [So-and-so,] son [of so-and-so, dedicated such-and-such] to Athena, having vowed a tithe. You (goddess), return the favor!

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Οὕτως ἔδειξέν μοι κύριος καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπιγονὴ ἀκρίδων ἐρχομένη ἑωθινή, καὶ ἰδοὺ βροῦχος εἷς Γωγ ὁ βασιλεύς (Amos 7:1) -> Thus the Lord showed me and look, early-morning offspring of locusts coming, and look, one locust-larva: Gog the king.

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τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία -> But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, "Antigone" 675f.)

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εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν δέδεξαι, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ φίλους καὶ ἐχθροὺς ὡς αὐτὸς παιδεύσων αὐτοὺς περὶ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀρετῆς. ἀλλὰ παῦσαι.

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ἐάν γάρ ἀποδιδῷ τις τί ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἑκατέρῳ τό ζῴῳ εἶναι, ἴδιον ἑκατέρου λόγον ἀποδώσει (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a) -> For if anyone gives an explanation of what it is for each of them to be an animal, he will give the same explanation of each

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ἐξέστω Κλαζομενίοις ἀσχημονεῖν -> let the Clazomenians be permitted to behave disgracefully (Aelian, Varia Historia 2.15)

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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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Re: ἀγαθός που τὴν τέχνην οὗτος ὁ ζωράφος, αἰσχρὸς δὲ τοὺς τρόπους. μηχανᾶται γὰρ μετὰ τῶν ἐταίρων ὅπως λύσᾱς τὴν δημοκρατίᾱν πάσης τῆς πόλεως ἄρξει.

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ἔκστασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν -> what is contrary to nature is any developmental aberration from what is in accord with nature (Aristotle, "On the Heavens" 286a19)

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πωγωνοτροφία φιλόσοφoν οὐ ποιεῖ -> a long beard does not make the philosopher

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αἶρα -> darnel

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Ηναῖος -> Ἠναῖος (Enaios: Doric month name)

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εὐδαίμων ἐστὶν ὁ τὸ / τῷ μὲν σῶμα / σώματι ὑγιῆς

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Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι -> Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, "Phaedo" 64a.5)

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κῆπος κεκλεισμένος, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη, κῆπος κεκλεισμένος, πηγὴ ἐσφραγισμένη (Song of Solomon 4:12) -> A garden locked is my sister bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed (LXX) | A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed (KJV)

Started by Frederique

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

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