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| ἀλλ’ ἔπαυσε μὲν τούτων πολλοὺς ἀρετῆς ποιήσας ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ ἐλπίδας παρασχών, ἂν ἑαυτῶν ἐπιμελῶνται, καλοὺς κἀγαθοὺς ἔσεσθαι· |
| He turned many from these vices by instilling in them a desire for virtue, and giving them hope that, if they can only control themselves they can turn into good and decent people. |
| Xenophon Memorabilia 2.2.2 (9) |
| ἢν ἐπιθυμήσῃς ἐπί τινος τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἁρμάτων ὀχεῖσθαι λαβὼν τὰς ἡνίας, ὅταν ἁμιλλᾶται, οὐκ ἂν ἐῷέν σε ἀλλὰ διακωλύοιεν; |
| Tell me this: if you want to take the reins of your father's chariot and take it for a drive when there's a competition, would they not allow you but stop you? |
| Plato Lysis 208a (41) |
| εἶεν· τί δῆτ’ ἐρεῖ τις, ἤν τις αὖ φανῇ στρατοῦ τ’ ἄθροισις πολεμίων τ’ ἀγωνία; πότερα μαχούμεθ’ ἢ φιλοψυχήσομεν, τὸν κατθανόνθ’ ὁρῶντες οὐ τιμώμενον; |
| Well, what will people say if the armies are gathered together again, if there is another war? Will we fight or prefer to live, seeing that the dead are not respected? |
| Euripides Hecuba 313-6 (78) |
| τί δ’, ἢν θάνῃ τε καὶ πόλει πιθώμεθα; |
| What about if he dies and we obey the city? |
| Euripides Children of Heracles 1020 (83) |
| νὴ Δί’, ἔφη ἡ γυνή, ἐπιχαριτώτατον μὲν οὖν, ἂν μέλλωσί γε οἱ καλῶς θεραπευθέντες χάριν εἴσεσθαι καὶ εὐνούστεροι ἢ πρόσθεν ἔσεσθαι. |
| By Zeus it will be most rewarding if those who are well looked after are grateful and better-disposed than they were before. |
| Xenophon Economics 7.37 (91) |
| ἀγαπῶσι γὰρ οἶμαι αὐτοὶ ἂν τὸ ἴσον ἔχωσιν φαυλότεροι ὄντες. |
| I think they love it if they have the same although they are inferior. |
| Plato Gorgias 483c (156) |
| κἂν μὲν τάδ' ἡμῖν ἐκπονουμέναισιν εὖ πόσις ξυνοικῇ μὴ βίᾳ φέρων ζυγόν, ζηλωτὸς αἰών· εἰ δὲ μή, θανεῖν χρεών. |
| And if we work hard and our husband lives with us without inflicting the yoke violently, our life is enviable. If not we should die. |
| Euripides Medea 241-3 (178) |
| καὶ ἤν τε κατὰ νόον πρήξωμεν εὑρόντες Σκύθας, ἔστι ἄποδος ἡμῖν, ἤν τε καὶ μή σφεας εὑρεῖν δυνώμεθα, ἥ γε ἄποδος ἡμῖν ἀσφαλής· |
| And if we achieve our plan and find the Scythians, we will have an exit, while if we do not find them our exit-route will at least be protected. |
| Herodotus Histories 4.97 (220) |
| ἤν περ γὰρ κεῖταί γε τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν, αἰεὶ τῷ γ’ ἔσται χρὼς ἔμπεδος, ἢ καὶ ἀρείων. |
| Even if he lies here for a whole year, his flesh will stay the same. |
| Homer Iliad 19.32-33 (226) |
| οἵω τε δὲ καὶ ποιῆσαι δυνατὸν εἶναι αὐτὸν αὑτῷ βοηθεῖν ἐν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις, ἄν τις αὐτὸν ἀδικῇ. |
| They can also give someone the ability to defend himself in the lawcourts, if someone wrongs him. |
| Plato Euthydemus 273c1 (277) |
| τὸ δεῖπνον αὐτοῖς ἐστ’ ἐπεσκευασμένον ἁπαξάπασιν, ἢν ἀπίωσιν οἴκαδε. |
| Dinner is ready for every single one of them - if they go off home! |
| Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1144-5 (295) |
| Σωκράτης: οὔτε ἄρα ἀνταδικεῖν δεῖ οὔτε κακῶς ποιεῖν οὐδένα ἀνθρώπων, οὐδ’ ἂν ὁτιοῦν πάσχῃ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν. |
| Socrates: Then we ought neither to requite wrong with wrong nor to do evil to anyone, no matter what he may have done to us. |
| Plato Crito 49d (438) |
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