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Ἑρμῆς εἰ δ’ αὖ τι πράξαιτ’ ἀγαθὸν ἁττικωνικοί
κἄλθοιεν οἱ Λάκωνες εἰρήνης πέρι,
ἐλέγετ’ ἂν ὑμεῖς εὐθύς· “ἐξαπατώμεθα
νὴ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, νὴ Δί’, οὐχὶ πειστέον·
ἥξουσι καὖθις, ἢν ἔχωμεν τὴν Πύλον.”
Τρυγαῖος ὁ γοῦν χαρακτὴρ ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων.
Hermes
And if you Attic boys were to achieve anything worthwhile and the Laconians were to come to ask for peace, you'd right away be saying "By Athena, we're being tricked! By Zeus, we must not give in! They'll come again, if we hold on to Pylos!"
Trygaeus
That certainly has the ring of something we'd say.
Aristophanes Peace 215-20 (262)
ἀξιοῖ γοῦν ἀργύριον λαμβάνειν ὁ δῆμος καὶ ᾄδων καὶ τρέχων καὶ ὀρχούμενος καὶ πλέων ἐν ταῖς ναυσίν, ἵνα αὐτός τε ἔχῃ καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι πενέστεροι γίγνωνται.
The people certainly think it reasonable to take money for singing, running, dancing and sailing in ships, so that they have money and the wealthy become poorer.
Xenophon Constitution of the Athenians 1.13 (323)

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