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| οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν, ὅτι θυείαν ἑσπέρας ὑπερφυᾶ τὸ μέγεθος εἰσηνέγκατο. |
| I don't know except for one thing - last night she brought in a huge great mortar. |
| Aristophanes Peace 227-8 (261) |
| ὣς φάτο, γήθησεν δὲ βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης· |
| So spake he, and Diomedes, good at the warcry, waxed glad. |
| Homer Iliad 6.214 (388) |
| οὐ γὰρ ἂν δέσποιν’ ἐμὴ Μήδεια πύργους γῆς ἔπλευσ’ Ἰωλκίας ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσ’ Ἰάσονος· |
| For then my lady Medea would not have sailed to the towers of Iolcus, her heart smitten with love for Jason, |
| Euripides Medea 6-8 (466) |
| γυνὴ γὰρ τἄλλα μὲν φόβου πλέα κακή τ’ ἐς ἀλκὴν καὶ σίδηρον εἰσορᾶν· ὅταν δ’ ἐς εὐνὴν ἠδικημένη κυρῇ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλη φρὴν μιαιφονωτέρα. |
| Usually a woman is full of fear, and is not capable of looking on battle and cold steel, but when she is wronged in the bedroom there is no-one with fouller intent. |
| Euripides Medea 263-266 (472) |