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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)

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

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στρατηγός -> general

Started by Kern

τέχνη δὲ ἄνευ ἀλκῆς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ (Thucydides 2.87.4.6) -> η τέχνη απαιτεί κουράγιο, skill without heart is useless

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Η ΙΦΙΓΕΝΕΙΑ Η ΠΟΛΥΚΛΑΥΤΗ ΤΟ ΕΜΟΝ ΕΡΝΟΣ

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

Started by Kurama

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

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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)

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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)

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Προθέσεις (εἰς, ἐν, ἐκ, ὑπό)

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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)

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οἱ ποιηταὶ ἐπαίδευον τοὺς πολίτας καλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά

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... ΙΕΡΕΥΣΕ ... (Hellenistic inscription)

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

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ῥοῦς -> flow, stream, flow of water, current, Rhus coriaria, elm-leaved sumach, tanner's sumach, Sicilian sumac, red ray, Lolium perenne

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Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) -> If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.

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

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

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ὃ δ' ἀποκρίνεται· "Οὐχ ᾗ ἐκέλευσεν Ἀστυάγης. οὐδ' εἰ παραφρονήσει τε καὶ μανεῖται κάκῑον ἢ νῦν μαίνεται, οὐκ ἔγωγε προσθήσομαι αὐτῷ τῇ γνώμῃ οὐδ' ἐς φόνην τοιοῦτον ὑπηρετήσω."

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Κ[ύρι]ε βοήθ[ε]ι / βοηθ[ε]ῖ Θεόδωρος διάκονος κελε[ύ]οντι τῷ γνησίῳ ἡμῶν ... (early Byzantine inscription)

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