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| τὰ θνητὰ πράγμαθ’ ἥντιν’ οἶσθ’ ἔχει φύσιν; οἶμαι μὲν οὔ· πόθεν γάρ; ἀλλ’ ἄκουέ μου. |
| Do you know the nature of mortality? I think not - after all where could you have learnt it from? Now listen to me. |
| Euripides Alcestis 780-781 (27) |
| τὸν ὄντα δ’ εἴσῃ μῦθον· οἵδε γὰρ ξένοι ἥκουσ’ Ὀρέστου πρός με κήρυκες λόγων. ἀλλ’, ὦ ξένοι, σύγγνωτε τοῖς εἰρημένοις. |
| You will know the truth: these strangers have come from Orestes carrying messages for me. Now, strangers, forgive what has been said. |
| Euripides Electra 346-8 (97) |
| “καὶ οἶμαι,” ἔφη, “ἐμὴν ταύτην πατρίδα εἶναι· καὶ εἰ μή τι κωλύει, ἐθέλω αὐτοῖς διαλεχθῆναι.” “ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν κωλύει,” ἔφη, “ἀλλὰ διαλέγου καὶ μάθε πρῶτον τίνες εἰσίν.” |
| He said, "I think that this is my homeland. And if there's nothing stopping me, I want to go and talk to them." "No, nothing's stopping you," he said, "so go and talk with them and find out first of all who they are." |
| Xenophon Anabasis 4.8 (241) |
| ἀλλ’ ἔξιθ’ ὡς τάχιστα, μὴ λόγους λέγε· |
| Go straightaway, don't say anything |
| Euripides Medea 321 (478) |