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| 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) |
| οὐκοῦν εἴ σε φιλεῖ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ καὶ εὐδαίμονά σε ἐπιθυμοῦσι γενέσθαι, τοῦτο παντὶ τρόπῳ δῆλον ὅτι προθυμοῦνται ὅπως ἂν εὐδαιμονοίης |
| Then if your father and mother are fond of you, and desire to see you happy, it is perfectly plain that they are anxious to secure your happiness. |
| Plato Lysis 207e (40) |
| 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) |
| οὔκουν ἅπασι δῆτα γενναίως ἐρεῖς καλεῖς γέροντα μειράκιον παιδίσκον; |
| Won't you invite everyone nicely - old men, youths and children alike? |
| Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1144-5 (294) |
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