ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί, πατὴρ δέ μοί ἐστιν Ὀδυσσεύς, |
I am from Ithaca by birth and my father is Odysseus |
Homer Odyssey 15.267 (158) |
ἤν περ γὰρ κεῖταί γε τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν,
αἰεὶ τῷ γ’ ἔσται χρὼς ἔμπεδος, ἢ καὶ ἀρείων. |
Even if he lies here for a whole year, his flesh will stay the same. |
Homer Iliad 19.32-33 (226) |
οὗτος δὴ ὦν ὁ Κανδαύλης ἠράσθη τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικός, ἐρασθεὶς δὲ ἐνόμιζέ οἱ εἶναι γυναῖκα πολλὸν πασέων καλλίστην. |
So this Candaules loved his wife, and as he loved her he thought his wife was by far the most beautiful woman of all. |
Herodotus Histories 1.8 (319) |
Μήδεια: Αἰγεῦ, κάκιστός ἐστί μοι πάντων πόσις. |
Medea: Aegeus, I have the worst husband in the world. |
Euripides Medea 690 (499) |
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