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ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰ τῶν θεῶν καλῶς εἶχεν, ἤρχετο πάλιν ὧδε. “ἐτύγχανον λέγων ὅτι πολλαὶ καὶ καλαὶ ἐλπίδες ἡμῖν εἶεν σωτηρίας.
When the religious rites had been completed, he began again as follows. I was just saying that we have many good hopes of being saved.
Xenophon Anabasis 3.2.10

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