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ὁ γάρ τοι παῖς με ὁ Σάτυρος ἀπέδρα· καὶ δῆτα μέλλων σοι φράζειν ὅτι διωξοίμην αὐτόν, ὑπό τινος ἄλλου ἐπελαθόμην.
My slave Satyrus had run away. And I was on the point of telling you that I was going to chase after him, but I was distracted by something else.
Plato Protagoras 310c (556)

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