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Βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις -> Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise (David Phil., In Porphyrii isagogen commentarium)

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ἐρώτησον τὸν Σωκράτη περὶ τῆς νῦν γε στάσεως. ἕστηκε γὰρ ἐν μέσῃ τῇ ἀγορᾷ.

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ἐν τούτῳ νίκα -> in this sign you will conquer, conquer under this sign, in this sign thou shalt conquer, in this conquer

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νικηθέντων τῶν πολεμίων, τὴν ἑορτὴν τῷ θεῷ ὅμως οὐκ ἐποιούμεθα φοβούμενοι μὴ ἔτι λάθοιεν τοὺς στρατιώτας καὶ ἄλλοι ἱππεῖς εἰς τὴν χώραν εἰσελθόντες.

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προσελθόντος τοῦ Εὐριπίδου, ἐτύγαχανόν που αἱ παῖδες αἱ εὑγενεῖς τῇ θεῷ χορεύουσαι.

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μετάδοτέ ποτε τῆς ἀρχης καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ στάσει φυγοῦσιν.

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πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται -> all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword

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ὁ τῆς σοφῆς λόγος ἄξιος τιμῆς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις

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Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... -> The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)

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τοὺς φίλους λύσᾱς, ἔθῡσε τοῖς θεοῖς.

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ἐπεὶ τὴν πόλιν ἔσωσεν, ἐπέμφθη εἰς τὴν νῆσον.

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ϰάλεσον τὸν αἶγα.

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τὸ φῶς τὸ ἄδυτον καὶ ἀνέσπερον –> undimmed and unsetting light | never-setting, undimmed light

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εὐαντόλως -> correpte, shortly, briefly

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ὁ ὄφις ὁ ἀρχαῖος: Lyrics from a song

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ἰαμάτων τὴν χάριν -> divine grace of cures and healings

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τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν ὅσαι τε ἄλλαι τέχναι (Plato, Timaeus 17c10) -> the class of farmers and other such crafts(men)

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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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Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) -> The kings (= Ferdinand and Isabella) for the university, and the university for the kings

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αἰτήσεις ἀκοὐεις σῶν ἱκετῶν· ταχἐως συνδραμεῖς ἀναπαὐων εὐεργετῶν· ἰάματα παρἐχεις, Ἱερἀρχα, τῇ πρὀς Θεὀν παρρησἰᾳ κοσμοὐμενος -> You hear the prayers of your suppliants; quickly you come to their assistance, bringing relief and benefits; you provide the remedies, Archbishop, since you are endowed with free access to God.

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