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| καὶ πρῶτα μέν μοι τοῦ λόγου τάδ’ ἀρχέτω· |
| First let me begin my speech like this. |
| Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris 1060 (53) |
| "καὶ ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτ’,” ἔφη, “ἀνατεινάτω τὴν χεῖρα". |
| And whoever agrees should raise his hand. |
| Xenophon Anabasis 3.2.9 (63) |
| μήτέ τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς τό γε μήτέ τις ἄρσην πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος, ἀλλ’ ἅμα πάντες αἰνεῖτ’, ὄφρα τάχιστα τελευτήσω τάδε ἔργα. |
| Let no goddess, no god, go against my word, but everyone praise it so that I can bring to pass my work as quickly as possible. |
| Homer Iliad 8.7-9 (186) |
| τέκνον μή τοι ταῦτα μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι μελόντων. |
| Child, do not let these things concern you. |
| Homer Iliad 19.29 (224) |
| ἀλλὰ προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν, δοκείτω δ’ ὑμῖν ἡ γνώμη ὁρᾶν ἃ οὗτος ἐποίει, καὶ διαγνώσεσθε ἄμεινον. |
| Now pay attention, and agree to look at what he has done and you will come to a better decision. |
| Lysias Speeches 6.51 (301) |
| Μήδεια: μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω μηδ’ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου, βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ· |
| Medea: Let no-one think me worthless, weak and meek, but rather the other type: a burden to enemies and a boon to friends. |
| Euripides Medea 807-9 (385) |
| μήτε ταῦτα φοβούμενος ἀποκάμῃς σαυτὸν σῶσαι, μήτε, ὃ ἔλεγες ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ, δυσχερές σοι γενέσθω ὅτι οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις ἐξελθὼν ὅτι χρῷο σαυτῷ· |
| Do not give up saving yourself through fear of this. And do not be troubled by what you said in the court, that if you went away you would not know what to do with yourself. |
| Plato Crito 45c (399) |