| 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) |
| ὅπως τοίνυν ταῦτα μηδεὶς ἀνθρώπων πεύσεται· εἰ δέ μή, οὐδέν σοι κύριον ἔσται τῶν πρὸς ἔμ’ ὡμολογημένων. |
| Well now, see that nobody in the world gets knowledge of this; otherwise, nothing in your arrangement with me will hold good. |
| Lysias Speeches 1.21 (334) |
| θαυμάζω ὅπως ἠθέλησέ σοι ὁ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου φύλαξ ὑπακοῦσαι. |
| I am surprised that the watchman of the prison was willing to let you in. |
| Plato Crito 43a (351) |
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