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Σωκράτης: ἀλλά μοι πειρῶ πρᾴως τε καὶ εὐκόλως ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
Ἱππίας: αἰσχρὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη, ὦ Σώκρατες, εἰ ἄλλους μὲν αὐτὰ ταῦτα παιδεύω καὶ ἀξιῶ διὰ ταῦτα χρήματα λαμβάνειν, αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπὸ σοῦ ἐρωτώμενος μὴ συγγνώμην τ’ ἔχοιμι καὶ πρᾴως ἀποκρινοίμην.
Socrates: Try to answer me nice and kindly.
Hippias: It would be terrible if I didn't try to understand you and answer your questions nicely when I teach these topics to others and consider my services worthy of payment.
Plato Hippias Minor 364d (29)
Ἑρμῆς εἰ δ’ αὖ τι πράξαιτ’ ἀγαθὸν ἁττικωνικοί
κἄλθοιεν οἱ Λάκωνες εἰρήνης πέρι,
ἐλέγετ’ ἂν ὑμεῖς εὐθύς· “ἐξαπατώμεθα
νὴ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, νὴ Δί’, οὐχὶ πειστέον·
ἥξουσι καὖθις, ἢν ἔχωμεν τὴν Πύλον.”
Τρυγαῖος ὁ γοῦν χαρακτὴρ ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων.
Hermes
And if you Attic boys were to achieve anything worthwhile and the Laconians were to come to ask for peace, you'd right away be saying "By Athena, we're being tricked! By Zeus, we must not give in! They'll come again, if we hold on to Pylos!"
Trygaeus
That certainly has the ring of something we'd say.
Aristophanes Peace 215-20 (262)

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