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καίτοι πόθεν κλέος γ’ ἂν εὐκλεέστερον κατέσχον ἢ τὸν αὐτάδελφον ἐν τάφῳ τιθεῖσα; |
And yet how would I have got a more glorious reputation than by burying my brother? |
Sophocles Antigone 502-4 (194) |
οὐ γὰρ ἂν δέσποιν’ ἐμὴ Μήδεια πύργους γῆς ἔπλευσ’ Ἰωλκίας ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσ’ Ἰάσονος· |
For then my lady Medea would not have sailed to the towers of Iolcus, her heart smitten with love for Jason, |
Euripides Medea 6-8 (466) |
τί τοῦδ’ ἂν εὕρημ’ ηὗρον εὐτυχέστερον ἢ παῖδα γῆμαι βασιλέως φυγὰς γεγώς; |
What better luck could I have found than marrying the daughter of the king, though an exile? |
Euripides Medea 553-4 (486) |
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