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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) |
| “καὶ οἶμαι,” ἔφη, “ἐμὴν ταύτην πατρίδα εἶναι· καὶ εἰ μή τι κωλύει, ἐθέλω αὐτοῖς διαλεχθῆναι.” “ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν κωλύει,” ἔφη, “ἀλλὰ διαλέγου καὶ μάθε πρῶτον τίνες εἰσίν.” |
| He said, "I think that this is my homeland. And if there's nothing stopping me, I want to go and talk to them." "No, nothing's stopping you," he said, "so go and talk with them and find out first of all who they are." |
| Xenophon Anabasis 4.8 (241) |
| εἰ δ’ ἐθέλεις, σὺ κόμισσον ἐνὶ σταθμοῖσιν ἐρύξας· |
| if thou wilt, do thou keep him here at the farmstead, and care for him, |
| Homer Odyssey 16.84 (394) |
| τοιοῦτον γὰρ πολίτην ἑαυτὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς παρέσχεν, ὥστε καὶ εἰ μή τις ἰδία ἀδικούμενος ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τυγχάνει, οὐδὲν ἧττον προσήκει ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἐχθρὸν αὐτὸν ἡγεῖσθαι. |
| From the outset he has been such a disgraceful citizen that, even if you haven't been personally wronged by him, you ought to consider him your enemy nonetheless because of his other actions. |
| Lysias Speeches 14.1 (507) |
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