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| σὺ δὲ τότε μὲν ἐκαλλωπίζου ὡς οὐκ ἀγανακτῶν εἰ δέοι τεθνάναι σε, ἀλλὰ ᾑροῦ, ὡς ἔφησθα, πρὸ τῆς φυγῆς θάνατον· |
| But you then put on airs and said you were not disturbed if you must die, and you preferred, as you said, death to exile. |
| Plato Crito 52c (453) |
| 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) |