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| ἆρ’ ἄν τί μοι χαρίσαιο τοιόνδε, μή μου καταγελᾶν, ἐὰν μόγις μανθάνω τὰ λεγόμενα καὶ πολλάκις ἀνερωτῶ; |
| Would you do me a little favour, and not laugh at me if I can barely understand what you've said and ask lots of questions? |
| Plato Hippias Minor 364d (19) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| τοῦτο δ’ οἱ σοφοὶ βροτῶν ἐξευλαβοῦνται, μὴ φίλοις τεύχειν ἔριν |
| Wise men take care not to stir up arguments with their friends. |
| Euripides Andromache 643-4 (118) |
| 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) |
| σμικρὸν δ’ ὑποθέσθαι τοῖς κριταῖσι βούλομαι. τοῖς σοφοῖς μὲν τῶν σοφῶν μεμνημένοις κρίνειν ἐμέ, τοῖς γελῶσι δ’ ἡδέως διὰ τὸν γέλων κρίνειν ἐμέ· |
| I've got a small favour to ask the judges: Let the wise ones judge me remembering my wisdom, Let those laughing judge me through their laughter |
| Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1144-5 (296) |
| ἔνθ’ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ αἰδεῖσθαί θ’ ἱερῆα καὶ ἀγλαὰ δέχθαι ἄποινα·< |
| Then all the rest of the Achaeans called out in favour, to show respect to the priest and accept the splendid ransom, |
| Homer Iliad 1.23-24 (536) |