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| “ὢ πόποι, ἐννοσίγαι’ εὐρυσθενές, οἷον ἔειπες. |
| My dear, broad-shouldered Earth-shaker - what a thing to say! |
| Homer Odyssey 13.140 (93) |
| ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο πᾶσαν νῆσον, ὥστ’ ἀμηχανεῖν ὅποι τράποιντο |
| They surrounded the island so that the Persians did not know which way to turn. |
| Aeschylus Persians 457-9 (115) |
| Ἴων: ὦ τλῆμον, ὡς τἄλλ’ εὐτυχοῦσ’ οὐκ εὐτυχεῖς. |
| Poor thing. How lucky you are in other respects, but not really lucky. |
| Euripides Ion 307 (122) |
| τί δῆτα μέλλεις; ὡς ἐμοὶ τῶν σῶν λόγων ἀρεστὸν οὐδὲν μηδ’ ἀρεσθείη ποτέ· |
| Why then are you waiting? None of my arguments are acceptable to you - and may they never be so! |
| Sophocles Antigone 499-500 (187) |
| αἰνότατε Κρονίδη ποῖον τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες. |
| Dread son of Chronos, what a thing to say! |
| Homer Iliad 16.439 (202) |