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| εἰ γὰρ ὤφελον, ὦ Κρίτων, οἷοί τ’ εἶναι οἱ πολλοὶ τὰ μέγιστα κακὰ ἐργάζεσθαι, |
| I only wish, Crito, the people could accomplish the greatest evils, |
| Plato Crito 44e (362) |
| Εἴθ’ ὤφελ’ Ἀργοῦς μὴ διαπτάσθαι σκάφος Κόλχων ἐς αἶαν κυανέας Συμπληγάδας |
| Nurse: Would that the Argo had never winged its way to the land of Colchis through the dark-blue Symplegades! |
| Euripides Medea 1-2 (465) |