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ἐπὶ ποδὸς πολέμου -> on the brink of war, afoot for war

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Εὔπολις -> Eupolis

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τέλος δεδωκώς Xθύλου, σoι χάριν φέρω -> having given the end of Cthulhu, I confer a favor on you

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ὦ πολλῶν ἤδη λοπάδων τοὺς ἄμβωνας περιλείξας -> you who have licked the labia of many vaginas (Eupolis fr. 52)

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ἐς ἀεί -> forever

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καὶ λέγων ὅτι Πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ· μετανοεῖτε καὶ πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ -> declaring “The time has been accomplished and the kingdom of God is near: start repenting and believing in the gospel!” (Μark 1:15)

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

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αχλυς ος πριν επηεν -> The mist that was upon (the eyes) before (Homer via Poe)

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εὐναία -> bedded, nest, anchor

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Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς Αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον -> For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16)

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ἀρετή -> excellence, virtue

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πλεισταρχία -> rule of the widest sway, rule of the many

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ἀναρχία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ πλεισταρχία -> the rule of the widest sway of opinion is the same as no rule at all (Gregory Nazianzenus, De vita sua 1744)

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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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ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα –> I came, I saw, I conquered (Plutarch, "Life of Caesar" 50.3.3)

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ὃ σὺ μισεῖς ἑτέρῳ μὴ ποιήσεις -> don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you

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Οἴκοι μένειν δεῖ τὸν καλῶς εὐδαίμονα -> The person who is well satisfied should stay at home (Aeschylus fr. 317, Sophocles fr. 934, Menander fr. 132, others)

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νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν -> wash the sins, not only the face | wash my transgressions, not only my face

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δι' ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην -> through me kings rule, and princes dictate justice (Proverbs 8:15, LXX version)

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πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς -> before the rooster crows three times (Matthew 26:75)

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