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| 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) |
| τούτοις τοῦτο πᾶσιν ἁνδάνειν λέγοιτ’ ἄν, εἰ μὴ γλῶσσαν ἐγκλῄοι φόβος. |
| This would be described as pleasing everyone if fear did not block their tongues. |
| Sophocles Antigone 504-5 (211) |
| εἰ γάρ,” ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, “ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, ἐν τούτῳ εἴη· ὡς οὔτ᾽ ἂν τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιλίποιμι οὐδὲν οὔτε τῶν φίλων· |
| "If only that were the case, by Zeus and all the gods", I said, "as then I would not leave a single penny of my own money or my friends' money untouched!" |
| Plato Protagoras 310d (271) |
| εἰ τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἔχοιτε, ἥνπερ περὶ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἂν εἴη ὅστις οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγενημένοις ἀγανακτοίη, ἀλλὰ πάντες ἂν περὶ τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐπιτηδευόντων τὰς ζημίας μικρὰς ἡγοῖσθε. |
| if you had the same feelings about others as about yourselves, not one of you but would be indignant at what has been done; you would all regard the penalties appointed for those who resort to such practices as too mild. |
| Lysias Speeches 1.1 (333) |
| εἰ κεῖνόν γε ἴδοιμι κατελθόντʼ Ἄϊδος εἴσω φαίην κε φρένʼ ἀτέρπου ὀϊζύος ἐκλελαθέσθαι. |
| If I could see him gone down to Hades, Then I could say my heart had forgotten its joyless misery. |
| Homer Iliad 6.284-5 (524) |
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