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| ἐν τῷδε γὰρ κάμνουσιν αἱ πολλαὶ πόλεις, ὅταν τις ἐσθλὸς καὶ πρόθυμος ὢν ἀνὴρ μηδὲν φέρηται τῶν κακιόνων πλέον. |
| Many cities struggle when good men get no more than their inferiors. |
| Euripides Hecuba 306-8 (76) |
| εἶεν· τί δῆτ’ ἐρεῖ τις, ἤν τις αὖ φανῇ στρατοῦ τ’ ἄθροισις πολεμίων τ’ ἀγωνία; πότερα μαχούμεθ’ ἢ φιλοψυχήσομεν, τὸν κατθανόνθ’ ὁρῶντες οὐ τιμώμενον; |
| Well, what will people say if the armies are gathered together again, if there is another war? Will we fight or prefer to live, seeing that the dead are not respected? |
| Euripides Hecuba 313-6 (78) |
| νῆσός τις ἔστι πρόσθε Σαλαμῖνος τόπων, |
| There's an island before the region of Salamis |
| Aeschylus Persians 447 (114) |
| Ὠγυγίη τις νῆσος ἀπόπροθεν εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται· |
| There's an island called Ogygia which lies far off in the sea. |
| Homer Odyssey 7.244 (120) |
| εἴποι δέ τις ἂν ὅτι ἰσχύς ἐστιν αὕτη Ἀθηναίων, ἐὰν οἱ σύμμαχοι δυνατοὶ ὦσι χρήματα εἰσφέρειν. |
| You could say that the strength of the Athenians depends on their allies being able to pay tribute. |
| Xenophon Constitution of the Athenians 1.16 (325) |
| Μήδεια: πέμψασ’ ἐμῶν τιν’ οἰκετῶν Ἰάσονα ἐς ὄψιν ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἐμὴν αἰτήσομαι. |
| I will send one of my servants and will beg Jason to come into my sight. |
| Euripides Medea 774 (364) |
| Μήδεια: πρὸς θεῶν, ἄπαις γὰρ δεῦρ’ ἀεὶ τείνεις βίον; Αἰγεύς: ἄπαιδές ἐσμεν δαίμονός τινος τύχῃ. Μήδεια: δάμαρτος οὔσης ἢ λέχους ἄπειρος ὤν; |
| Medea: By the gods are you still now dragging out your life without children? Aegeus: We have no children at the whim of some god. Medea: Do you have a wife or do you have no experience of marriage? |
| Euripides Medea 670-672 (495) |