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

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

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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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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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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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Ηναῖος -> Ἠναῖος (Enaios: Doric month name)

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αἶρα -> darnel

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εὐδαίμων ἐστὶν ὁ τὸ / τῷ μὲν σῶμα / σώματι ὑγιῆς

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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)

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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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τῶν γὰρ μετρίων πρῶτα μὲν εἰπεῖν τοὔνομα νικᾷ -> the first mention of the word "moderation" wins the game (Euripides, "Medea" 125f.)

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καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους -> and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews" 1.50)

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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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περιμένετε ἔστ’ ἂν ἐγὼ ἔλθω.

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πρὸ τελευτῆς μὴ μακάριζε μηδένα, καὶ ἐν τέκνοις αὐτοῦ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ -> Count no man blessed before his end; a man will be recognized in his offspring. (Ecclesiasticus 11:28)

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Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται -> For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable (Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2)

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ὦ σῶφρον θύγατερ, μὴ ἀδικήσῃς πεισθεῖσα τοῖς τού

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τίνας ἀπέκτεινας, ὦ ἀφρονεστάτη θύγατερ; -> You are completely out of your mind, daughter! Who are those you have killed?

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