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| τῶν τοῦ Διὸς παίδων τίν’ ἄνδρ’ ἄριστον ψυχὴν νομίζεις, εἰπέ, καὶ πλείστους πόνους πονῆσαι. |
| When it comes to the sons of Zeus, which do you consider to be the best in spirit, tell me, and which undertook the most labours? |
| Aristophanes Clouds 1048-9 (130) |
| ὡς οὖν ἐν καλῇ πολιτείᾳ ἐτράφησαν οἱ πρόσθεν ἡμῶν, ἀναγκαῖον δηλῶσαι, δι’ ἣν δὴ κἀκεῖνοι ἀγαθοὶ καὶ οἱ νῦν εἰσιν, ὧν οἵδε τυγχάνουσιν ὄντες οἱ τετελευτηκότες. |
| We must show that our ancestors were brought up under a good constitution, because of which both they and those around now (including the dead lying here before us) were good people. |
| Plato Menexenus 238b (204) |
| ὃν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ὧν ἕνεκ’ἐτίτθευσεν, ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὑμῖν ἐπιδείξω. |
| I will clearly show you the way in which and the reasons for she was a wet-nurse. |
| Demosthenes Speeches 57.35 (236) |
| λέγουσι δὲ ὡς ἐν μὲν τῇ γῇ ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀνήρ, κἀγὼ λίθον αὐτῷ ἐνέβαλον εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν, ὃς οὐκ ἐξέβην τὸ παράπαν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἀκριβῶς οὗτοι ἴσασιν. ὅπως δ’ ἠφανίσθη ὁ ἀνήρ, οὐδενὶ λόγῳ εἰκότι δύνανται ἀποφαίνειν. |
| They claim that the man died on land, and that I hit him on the head with a stone, when I didn't step a foot out of the boat. They know this fact for sure, but as for how the man disappeared, they are not able to give any reasonable explanation. |
| Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 5.26 (276) |
| ἐπειδὰν δ’ ἔλθωσιν οἱ πρέσβεις εἰς Θήβας, πῶς χρήσασθαι τῷ πράγματι παραινῶ; τούτῳ πάνυ μοι προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν. |
| How do I suggest you deal with the situation once the ambassadors arrive in Thebes? On this point please pay me your full attention. |
| Demosthenes Speeches 18.178 (285) |
| νῦν δέ Πολύνεικες, τὸ σὸν δέμας περιστέλλουσα τοιάδ’ ἄρνυμαι. |
| But as it is, Polyneices, it is for wrapping your body that I win such rewards. |
| Sophocles Antigone 902-3 (303) |
| ὅτι μὲν γὰρ κινδυνεύσουσί γέ σου οἱ ἐπιτήδειοι καὶ αὐτοὶ φεύγειν καὶ στερηθῆναι τῆς πόλεως ἢ τὴν οὐσίαν ἀπολέσαι, σχεδόν τι δῆλον· |
| For it is pretty clear that your friends also will be exposed to the risk of banishment and the loss of their homes in the city or of their property. |
| Plato Crito 53b (457) |
| λόγοι δὲ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ περὶ δικαιοσύνης τε καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς ποῦ ἡμῖν ἔσονται; |
| What will become of our conversations about justice and virtue? |
| Plato Crito 54a (460) |
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