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| πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἂν δειλαιότατος εἴην, εἰ τῶν μὲν καλλίστων καὶ μεγίστων διὰ τὴν συμφορὰν ἀπεστερημένος εἴην, ἃ δ’ ἡ πόλις ἔδωκε προνοηθεῖσα τῶν οὕτως διακειμένων, διὰ τὸν κατήγορον ἀφαιρεθείην; |
| How, then, would I not be utterly wretched if, deprived of the most fundamental abilities by fortune, I was deprived of the one thing that the city had given me in their foresight for people afflicted like me. |
| Lysias Speeches 24.23 (3) |
| ἔχω δ’ ἐπιδεῖξαι καὶ γυναιξὶ ταῖς γαμεταῖς τοὺς μὲν οὕτω χρωμένους ὥστε συνεργοὺς ἔχειν αὐτὰς εἰς τὸ συναύξειν τοὺς οἴκους, τοὺς δὲ ᾗ ὅτι πλεῖστον λυμαίνονται. |
| I can show you that some husbands treat their wives in such a way that they can consider them partners in the growth of their property, whereas others treat them in such a way that they completely ruin it. |
| Xenophon Economics 3.10 (5) |
| δυσκόλου δ’ ὄντος φύσει καὶ χαλεποῦ τοῦ βουλεύεσθαι, ἔτι πολλῷ χαλεπώτερον ὑμεῖς αὐτὸ πεποιήκατ’, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι· οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι πάντες ἄνθρωποι πρὸ τῶν πραγμάτων εἰώθασι χρῆσθαι τῷ βουλεύεσθαι, ὑμεῖς δὲ μετὰ τὰ πράγματα |
| While decision-making is difficult by its very nature, you have made it even more difficult, Athenians. Whereas others are used to deliberate before the events, you deliberate afterwards. |
| Demosthenes On the Peace 5.2 (11) |
| ἐγὼ γὰρ ξυνῆν μὲν ἡλικιώταις ἡδόμενος ἡδομένοις ἐμοί, συνῆν δὲ ἐμαυτῷ, ὁπότε ἡσυχίας ἐπιθυμήσαιμι, διῆγον δ’ ἐν συμποσίοις πολλάκις μὲν μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιλαθέσθαι πάντων εἴ τι χαλεπὸν ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῳ βίῳ ἦν, πολλάκις δὲ μέχρι τοῦ ᾠδαῖς τε καὶ θαλίαις καὶ χοροῖς τὴν ψυχὴν συγκαταμιγνύναι, πολλάκις δὲ μέχρι κοίτης ἐπιθυμίας ἐμῆς τε καὶ τῶν παρόντων. |
| I spent time with my peers, enjoying them enjoying my company, and I spent time by myself when I wanted peace and quiet. I would go to parties often until I forgot everything difficult in human life, often until I lost my senses in song, dance and festivity, often until I and my companions longed for our bed. |
| Xenophon Hiero 6.2 (12) |
| πρῶτον μὲν οὖν εὐσέβει τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, μὴ μόνον θύων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ὅρκοις ἐμμένων· ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ τῆς τῶν χρημάτων εὐπορίας σημεῖον, τοῦτο δὲ τῆς τῶν τρόπων καλοκαγαθίας τεκμήριον. |
| First then be respectful of religious rites, not only by sacrificing but also keeping your oaths. The former is a sign of great wealth, while the latter is proof of good character. |
| Isocrates On Demonicus 1.13 (15) |
| τίμα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἀεὶ μέν, μάλιστα δὲ μετὰ τῆς πόλεως· οὕτω γὰρ δόξεις ἅμα τε τοῖς θεοῖς θύειν καὶ τοῖς νόμοις ἐμμένειν. |
| Honour the divine at all times, but particularly in public. |
| Isocrates On Demonicus 1.13 (16) |
| καὶ τούτου πότερα χρή, ὦ Σώκρατες, τὸν ἄνδρα αἰτιᾶσθαι ἢ τὴν γυναῖκα; πρόβατον μέν, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτης, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ἂν κακῶς ἔχῃ, τὸν νομέα αἰτιώμεθα, καὶ ἵππος ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ἂν κακουργῇ, τὸν ἱππέα κακίζομεν· τῆς δὲ γυναικός, εἰ μὲν διδασκομένη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τἀγαθὰ κακοποιεῖ, ἴσως δικαίως ἂν ἡ γυνὴ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχοι· εἰ δὲ μὴ διδάσκων τὰ καλὰ κἀγαθὰ ἀνεπιστήμονι τούτων χρῷτο, ἆρ’ οὐ δικαίως ἂν ὁ ἀνὴρ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχοι; |
| "And should we blame the woman or the man for this, Socrates?" "Well, in the case of a sheep, if it misbehaves, for the most part we blame the shepherd. And in the case of a horse, if it misbehaves, for the most part we blame the groom. When it comes to a woman, then, if she does wrong when her husband has taught her how to do right, perhaps it would be right for the woman to carry the blame. But if her husband keeps her ignorant of that and doesn't teach her what's right, surely the man should carry the blame?" |
| Xenophon Economics 3.11 (17) |
| Σωκράτης: ἀλλά μοι πειρῶ πρᾴως τε καὶ εὐκόλως ἀποκρίνεσθαι. Ἱππίας: αἰσχρὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη, ὦ Σώκρατες, εἰ ἄλλους μὲν αὐτὰ ταῦτα παιδεύω καὶ ἀξιῶ διὰ ταῦτα χρήματα λαμβάνειν, αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπὸ σοῦ ἐρωτώμενος μὴ συγγνώμην τ’ ἔχοιμι καὶ πρᾴως ἀποκρινοίμην. |
| Socrates: Try to answer me nice and kindly. Hippias: It would be terrible if I didn't try to understand you and answer your questions nicely when I teach these topics to others and consider my services worthy of payment. |
| Plato Hippias Minor 364d (29) |
| Ἠλέκτρα: σκοποὺς ἔπεμψε τούσδε τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν. Αὐτουργός: οὐκοῦν τὰ μὲν λεύσσουσι, τὰ δὲ σύ που λέγεις. |
| Electra: He has sent these men to find out about my difficulties. Peasant: So they will see part of it and you will tell them the rest, I suppose. |
| Euripides Electra 355 (30) |
| ὅσα μὲν οὖν ἐκεῖνος κακὰ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πέπονθε, πολὺ ἂν ἔργον εἴη λέγειν· ὅσα δὲ εἰς ἐμὲ αὐτὸν ἐξημάρτηκεν, ἡγοῦμαι ταῦθ’ ὑμῖν προσήκειν ἀκοῦσαι. |
| It would be a big job to tell you everything that he suffered at his hands. But I think it would be right for you to hear about all the wrongs he did to me. |
| Lysias Speeches 3.6 (33) |
| ἐκ δὲ τούτου συμβαίνει παρὰ πάντα τὸν χρόνον ὃν οἶδ’ ἐγώ, τὸν μὲν οἷς ἂν ἁμάρτητ’ ἐπιτιμῶντα εὐδοκιμεῖν καὶ δοκεῖν εὖ λέγειν, τὰ δὲ πράγματα καὶ περὶ ὧν βουλεύεσθ’ ἐκφεύγειν ὑμᾶς. |
| As a result it has turned out that, for as long as I can remember, you rate anyone who criticises your mistakes and think he is good at speaking, whereas you ignore the situation and the issues you are discussing. |
| Demosthenes On the Peace 5.2 (38) |
| διῆγον δ’ ἐν συμποσίοις πολλάκις μὲν μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιλαθέσθαι πάντων εἴ τι χαλεπὸν ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῳ βίῳ ἦν |
| I spent time at parties often until I forgot whatever was difficult in human life. |
| Xenophon Hiero 6.2 (39) |
| ἐλθὼν ὁ ἱερεὺς ηὔχετο ἐκείνοις μὲν τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναι ἑλόντας τὴν Τροίαν αὐτοὺς σωθῆναι, τὴν δὲ θυγατέρα οἱ λῦσαι δεξαμένους ἄποινα καὶ τὸν θεὸν αἰδεσθέντας. |
| the priest came and prayed that the gods should allow them to take Troy and come safely home, but that they should accept the ransom and release his daughter, out of respect for the god. |
| Plato Republic 3 393e (44) |
| αἱ μὲν τοίνυν ὀλιγαρχίαι καὶ δημοκρατίαι τὰς ἰσότητας τοῖς μετέχουσι τῶν πολιτειῶν ζητοῦσι, καὶ τοῦτ’ εὐδοκιμεῖ παρ’ αὐταῖς, ἢν μηδὲν ἕτερος ἑτέρου δύνηται πλέον ἔχειν· ὃ τοῖς πονηροῖς συμφέρον ἐστίν· αἱ δὲ μοναρχίαι πλεῖστον μὲν νέμουσι τῷ βελτίστῳ, δεύτερον δὲ τῷ μετ’ ἐκεῖνον, τρίτον δὲ καὶ τέταρτον τοῖς ἄλλοις κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον. καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰ μὴ πανταχοῦ καθέστηκεν, ἀλλὰ τό γε βούλημα τῆς πολιτείας τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν. |
| Oligarchies and democracies aim for equality for those who are part of them. They approve of the idea that no man should be able to have any more than another. But this is beneficial to the worst people! Monarchies, on the other hand, give the most to the best, the next most to the next best, and the same to the one third and fourth in line and so on. Even if this doesn't happen everywhere, this is the aim of monarchy, anyway. |
| Isocrates Letters 3 (Nicocles) 15 (45) |
| ἦν οὖν νόμος ὅδε περὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ Κρόνου, καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἔστιν ἐν θεοῖς, τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν μὲν δικαίως τὸν βίον διελθόντα καὶ ὁσίως, ἐπειδὰν τελευτήσῃ, εἰς μακάρων νήσους ἀπιόντα οἰκεῖν ἐν πάσῃ εὐδαιμονίᾳ ἐκτὸς κακῶν, τὸν δὲ ἀδίκως καὶ ἀθέως εἰς τὸ τῆς τίσεώς τε καὶ δίκης δεσμωτήριον, ὃ δὴ Τάρταρον καλοῦσιν, ἰέναι. |
| Now in the time of Cronos there was a law amongst men which holds to this very day amongst the gods, that every man who has passed a just and holy life should go at his death to the Isles of the Blest to live in all happiness with no troubles, whereas everyone who has lived an unjust and holy life should go to the dungeon of requital and penance which they call Tartarus. |
| Plato Gorgias 523a1-c1 (50) |
| οὕτω δ’ ἐχόντων εἰκὸς τοῖς μὲν πολεμίοις ἐναντίους εἶναι τοὺς θεούς, ἡμῖν δὲ συμμάχους οἵπερ ἱκανοί εἰσι καὶ τοὺς μεγάλους ταχὺ μικροὺς ποιεῖν καὶ τοὺς μικροὺς κἂν ἐν δεινοῖς ὦσι σῴζειν εὐπετῶς, ὅταν βούλωνται |
| Given that this is the case, it is reasonable to think that the gods will be opposed to our enemies, and on our side. The gods are capable of making the mighty weak, and of protecting the weak even if they are in danger whenever they want. |
| Xenophon Anabasis 3.2.10 (64) |
| ὅσας μὲν οὖν εἴληφα, δεσμίους χέρας σῴζουσι πανδήμοισι πρόσπολοι στέγαις· ὅσαι δ’ ἄπεισιν, ἐξ ὄρους θηράσομαι, |
| Public servants are watching all the women I caught And I will chase out of the mountains all those that got away. |
| Euripides Bacchae 228-231 (70) |
| καὶ τί ἄν, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἐπισταμένην αὐτὴν παρέλαβον, ἣ ἔτη μὲν οὔπω πεντεκαίδεκα γεγονυῖα ἦλθε πρὸς ἐμέ, τὸν δ’ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνον ἔζη ὑπὸ πολλῆς ἐπιμελείας ὅπως ὡς ἐλάχιστα μὲν ὄψοιτο, ἐλάχιστα δ’ ἀκούσοιτο, ἐλάχιστα δ’ ἔροιτο; |
| What could she have known about when I took her, Socrates, given she was not even fifteen years old when she came to me, and up to that point had been looked after carefully to see, hear and say as little as possible. |
| Xenophon Economics 7.5 (72) |
| οὔκουν τόδ’ αἰσχρόν, εἰ βλέποντι μὲν φίλῳ χρώμεσθ’, ἐπεὶ δ’ ὄλωλε, μὴ χρώμεσθ’ ἔτι; |
| Is it not shameful, to treat him as a friend while he lives, but no longer treat him as such when he’s dead. |
| Euripides Hecuba 311-312 (77) |
| καὶ μὴν ἔμοιγε ζῶντι μέν, καθ’ ἡμέραν κεἰ σμίκρ’ ἔχοιμι, πάντ’ ἂν ἀρκούντως ἔχοι· τύμβον δὲ βουλοίμην ἂν ἀξιούμενον τὸν ἐμὸν ὁρᾶσθαι· διὰ μακροῦ γὰρ ἡ χάρις. |
| For me, while I am alive, I would be happy with my lot even if I had only a little. But my tomb I would like to be good to look at. That benefit lasts a long time. |
| Euripides Hecuba 317-20 (79) |
| δεήσει μέντοι σε, ἔφην ἐγώ, ἔνδον τε μένειν καὶ οἷς μὲν ἂν ἔξω τὸ ἔργον ᾖ τῶν οἰκετῶν, τούτους συνεκπέμπειν, οἷς δ’ ἂν ἔνδον ἔργον ἐργαστέον, τούτων σοι ἐπιστατητέον |
| What you will need to do is stay inside, and send out the those of the servants who work outside, and supervise those of the servants whose job is inside. |
| Xenophon Economics 7.36 (89) |
| καὶ τά τε εἰσφερόμενα ἀποδεκτέον καὶ ἃ μὲν ἂν αὐτῶν δέῃ δαπανᾶν σοὶ διανεμητέον, ἃ δ’ ἂν περιττεύειν δέῃ, προνοητέον καὶ φυλακτέον ὅπως μὴ ἡ εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δαπάνη εἰς τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται. |
| You must also take in the income and hand out what needs to be spent. You need to look after whatever's left over and you need to make sure that the amount to be spent in a year is not spent in a month. |
| Xenophon Economics 7.36 (90) |
| πῶς γὰρ δὴ τὸν ξεῖνον ἐγὼν ὑποδέξομαι οἴκῳ; αὐτὸς μὲν νέος εἰμὶ καὶ οὔ πω χερσὶ πέποιθα ἄνδρ’ ἀπαμύνασθαι, ὅτε τις πρότερος χαλεπήνῃ· μητρὶ δ’ ἐμῇ δίχα θυμὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μερμηρίζει |
| How can I welcome the stranger into my house? I am young and do not yet have confidence in my strength To defend myself against another who has got in a rage. My mother is preoccupied, weighing up two options in her mind... |
| Homer Odyssey 16.70-73 (92) |
| ἡμεῖς γὰρ ἐπεθυμήσαμεν, ὦ βουλή, Θεοδότου, Πλαταϊκοῦ μειρακίου, καὶ ἐγὼ μὲν εὖ ποιῶν αὐτὸν ἠξίουν εἶναί μοι φίλον, οὗτος δὲ ὑβρίζων καὶ παρανομῶν ᾤετο ἀναγκάσειν αὐτὸν ποιεῖν ὅ τι βούλοιτο. |
| Men of the council, we were both in love with Theodotus, a young boy from Plataea. I treated him well and considered him a friend, whereas he broke the law and abused him, and thought he would force him to do what he wanted. |
| Lysias Speeches 3.5 (98) |
| ἄλλους μὲν γὰρ πάντας, ὅσοι Τρωσὶν πολέμιζον, πευθόμεθ’, ἧχι ἕκαστος ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ, κείνου δ’ αὖ καὶ ὄλεθρον ἀπευθέα θῆκε Κρονίων. |
| We know the fate of all the other Greeks that fought at Troy, but his fate Zeus has kept hidden. |
| Homer Odyssey 3.86-88 (103) |
| τί φήσομεν γάρ, εἰ πόλις μὲν ἀξιοῖ κίνδυνον ἡμῶν οὕνεκ’ αἴρεσθαι μέγαν, αὐτοὶ δὲ προστιθέντες ἄλλοισιν πόνους, παρόν σφε σῶσαι, φευξόμεσθα μὴ θανεῖν; |
| What will we say, if the city thinks it should take on this great danger for our sake but we give the task to others and flee death when it's possible to save them. |
| Euripides Children of Heracles 503-6 (108) |
| δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι ἐγγύς που τοῦ λιμένος εἰκὸς ἦν τοῦτο γίγνεσθαι, τοῦτο μὲν μεθύοντος τοῦ ἀνδρός, τοῦτο δὲ νύκτωρ ἐκβάντος ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου· |
| For it is clear that this must have happened somewhere near the harbour, since the man was drunk and had left the ship at night. |
| Antiphon On the Murder of Herodes 5.27 (126) |
| οὐ διαρρήδην εἰς τὰς ἐπιστολὰς γράφει “ἐμοὶ δ ̓ ἐστὶν εἰρήνη πρὸς τοὺς ἀκούειν ἐμοῦ βουλομένους”; καὶ οὐ γράφει μὲν ταῦτα, τοῖς δ ̓ ἔργοις οὐ ποιεῖ, ἀλλ ̓ ἐφ ̓ Ἑλλήσποντον οἴχεται... |
| Does he not clearly write in his letters that he is at peace with those who wish to listen to him? And it is not the case that he writes this but does not in fact act. Instead he has gone to Ambracia... |
| Demosthenes Third Phillipic 9.27 (128) |
| ἵνα δὲ μή, ὁπότε λοῦσθαι δέοι, κινδυνεύῃ κατὰ τῆς κλίμακος καταβαίνουσα, ἐγὼ μὲν ἄνω διῃτώμην, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες κάτω. |
| So that my wife did not endanger herself going down the stairs when he needed washing, I lived upstairs and the women lived downstairs. |
| Lysias Speeches 1.9 (150) |
| φύσει μὲν γὰρ πᾶν αἴσχιόν ἐστιν ὅπερ καὶ κάκιον, οἷον τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι, νόμῳ δὲ τὸ ἀδικεῖν. |
| In nature, everything is more shameful which is also worse, for example being wronged, whereas in law, it is doing wrong which is more shameful. |
| Plato Gorgias 483a7 (154) |
| πρῶτον μὲν Λακεδαιμονίους, οἵτινες ἀρχόμενοι μὲν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς συμμάχοις πολεμεῖν ἦρχον καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν, νῦν δ’ αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῆς εἰρήνης οὐδέτερον τούτων ὑπάρχει. |
| First (take) the Lacedaimonians, who when they began to fight with us were masters over land and sea, but who now after the peace are master of neither. |
| Andocides On the Peace 17 (164) |
| καλεῖ δὲ ὁ μὲν αὐτὴν δημοκρατίαν, ὁ δὲ ἄλλο, ᾧ ἂν χαίρῃ, ἔστι δὲ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μετ’ εὐδοξίας πλήθους ἀριστοκρατία. |
| One man calls it democracy, another calls it whatever he likes, but it is in truth an aristocracy with the support of the people. |
| Plato Menexenus 238c (215) |
| βασιλῆς μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ ἡμῖν εἰσιν· οὗτοι δὲ τοτὲ μὲν ἐκ γένους, τοτὲ δὲ αἱρετοί· |
| We have always had kings. At one time they have been born to the role, at other times elected. |
| Plato Menexenus 238d (216) |
| συνεπαινεσάντων δὲ πάντων καὶ οὐδενὸς εἰπόντος ἐναντίον οὐδέν, οὐκ εἶπον μὲν ταῦτα, οὐκ ἔγραψα δέ, οὐδ’ ἔγραψα μέν, οὐκ ἐπρέσβευσα δέ, οὐδ’ ἐπρέσβευσα μέν, οὐκ ἔπεισα δὲ Θηβαίους, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς διεξῆλθον, καὶ ἔδωκ’ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁπλῶς εἰς τοὺς περιεστηκότας τῇ πόλει κινδύνους. |
| Everyone applauded and no-one said anything in opposition. And it was not the case that I said this but did not call a vote, it was not the case that I called a vote but did not act as ambassador, it was not the case that I acted as ambassador but did not persuade the Thebans - instead I carried it out from beginning to end and completely surrendered myself to the dangers surrounding the city. |
| Demosthenes 18.179 (232) |
| τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ὁ συκοφάντης, αἰτιᾶσθαι μὲν πάντα, ἐξελέγξαι δὲ μηδέν. |
| This is what an informer is: criticising everything but proving nothing. |
| Demosthenes Speeches 57.34 (235) |
| λέγουσι δὲ ὡς ἐν μὲν τῇ γῇ ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀνήρ, κἀγὼ λίθον αὐτῷ ἐνέβαλον εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν, ὃς οὐκ ἐξέβην τὸ παράπαν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἀκριβῶς οὗτοι ἴσασιν. ὅπως δ’ ἠφανίσθη ὁ ἀνήρ, οὐδενὶ λόγῳ εἰκότι δύνανται ἀποφαίνειν. |
| They claim that the man died on land, and that I hit him on the head with a stone, when I didn't step a foot out of the boat. They know this fact for sure, but as for how the man disappeared, they are not able to give any reasonable explanation. |
| Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 5.26 (276) |
| σὺ γὰρ δὴ ἐν μὲν τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ πάντως μισοδημότατος ἐνομίζου, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστοκρατίᾳ πάντων μισοχρηστότατος γεγένησαι. |
| During the democracy you were considered to be someone who really hated the plebs, while during the aristocracy you turned into someone who really hates the rich. |
| Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.47 (292) |
| καὶ τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἀγνοῶ, ὅτι ταῦτα ἀποφθέγματα οὐκ ἀξιόλογα, ἐκεῖνο δὲ κρίνω τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀγαστόν, τὸ τοῦ θανάτου παρεστηκότος μήτε τὸ φρόνιμον μήτε τὸ παιγνιῶδες ἀπολιπεῖν ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς. |
| And I am not unaware that these phrases are hardly worth recording, but I do consider it admirable in the man that he did not lose his good sense or playfulness at the point of death. |
| Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.56 (309) |
| ἐν ταῖς χορηγίαις αὖ καὶ γυμνασιαρχίαις καὶ τριηραρχίαις γιγνώσκουσιν ὅτι χορηγοῦσι μὲν οἱ πλούσιοι, χορηγεῖται δὲ ὁ δῆμος, καὶ γυμνασιαρχοῦσιν οἱ πλούσιοι καὶ τριηραρχοῦσιν, ὁ δὲ δῆμος τριηραρχεῖται καὶ γυμνασιαρχεῖται. |
| When it comes to the direction of dances, exercises and triremes, they know that the wealthy direct the dances while the people are directed, and the wealther direct exercises and triremes while the people are directed in these. |
| Xenophon Constitution of the Athenians 1.13 (322) |
| τοὺς μὲν ἔνδον κατέλαβον, τοὺς δὲ οὐκ ἐπιδημοῦντας ηὗρον |
| I found some of them at home, while others were out of town. |
| Lysias Speeches 1.23 (330) |
| ὤσαντες δὲ τὴν θύραν τοῦ δωματίου οἱ μὲν πρῶτοι εἰσιόντες ἔτι εἴδομεν αὐτὸν κατακείμενον παρὰ τῇ γυναικί, οἱ δ’ ὕστερον ἐν τῇ κλίνῃ γυμνὸν ἑστηκότα. |
| We pushed open the door of the bedroom, and the first of us to enter were in time to see him lying down by my wife; those who followed saw him standing naked on the bed. |
| Lysias Speeches 1.25 (332) |
| πολλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἐμοὶ Τρῶες κλειτοί τ’ ἐπίκουροι κτείνειν ὅν κε θεός γε πόρῃ καὶ ποσσὶ κιχείω, πολλοὶ δ’ αὖ σοὶ Ἀχαιοὶ ἐναιρέμεν ὅν κε δύνηαι. |
| full many there be for me to slay, both Trojans and famed allies, whomsoever a god shall grant me and my feet overtake; and many Achaeans again for thee to slay whomsoever thou canst. |
| Homer Iliad 6.227-229 (390) |
| πότερον καλῶς ἐλέγετο ἑκάστοτε ἢ οὔ, ὅτι ταῖς μὲν δεῖ τῶν δοξῶν προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν, ταῖς δὲ οὔ; |
| Were we right or not when we used to say that we ought to pay attention to some opinions and not to others |
| Plato Crito 46d (413) |
| καὶ ἐὰν μὲν φαίνηται δίκαιον, πειρώμεθα, εἰ δὲ μή, ἐῶμεν. |
| And if it appears to be right, let us try it, and if not, let us give it up. |
| Plato Crito 48c (435) |
| γυνὴ γὰρ τἄλλα μὲν φόβου πλέα κακή τ’ ἐς ἀλκὴν καὶ σίδηρον εἰσορᾶν· ὅταν δ’ ἐς εὐνὴν ἠδικημένη κυρῇ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλη φρὴν μιαιφονωτέρα. |
| Usually a woman is full of fear, and is not capable of looking on battle and cold steel, but when she is wronged in the bedroom there is no-one with fouller intent. |
| Euripides Medea 263-266 (472) |
| εἰ δὲ μή, πολὺ κάλλιον τοὺς μὲν κειμένους νόμους ἐξαλεῖψαι, ἑτέρους δὲ θεῖναι, οἵτινες τοὺς μὲν φυλάττοντας τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ταῖς ζημίαις ζημιώσουσι, τοῖς δὲ βουλομένοις εἰς αὐτὰς ἁμαρτάνειν πολλὴν ἄδειαν ποιήσουσι. |
| Otherwise, it would be much better to scrub out the current laws, and write new ones, which will punish those who are protecting their own wives, while granting immunity to those who wish to do them harm. |
| Lysias 1.48 (521) |
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