| τῆς γὰρ παρελθούσης νυκτὸς ταυτησί, ἔτι βαθέος ὄρθρου, Ἱπποκράτης, ὁ Ἀπολλοδώρου ὑὸς Φάσωνος δὲ ἀδελφός, τὴν θύραν τῇ βακτηρίᾳ πάνυ σφόδρα ἔκρουε |
| On the previous night to that one, in the very early hours of the morning, Hippocrates, Hippocrates, the son of Apollodorus and the brother of Phason, gave a tremendous thump with his staff at my door. |
| Plato Protagoras 310a (191) |
| ὦ βασιλεῦ, ἐπὶ γῆν γὰρ μέλλεις στρατεύεσθαι τῆς οὔτε ἀρηρομένον φανήσεται οὐδὲν οὔτε πόλις οἰκεομένη· |
| Your royal highness, you are planning to invade a country where you will find no ploughed land nor inhabited city. |
| Herodotus Histories 4.97 (218) |
οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν, ὅτι θυείαν ἑσπέρας
ὑπερφυᾶ τὸ μέγεθος εἰσηνέγκατο. |
| I don't know except for one thing - last night she brought in a huge great mortar. |
| Aristophanes Peace 227-8 (261) |
| ἥκομεν τῇ προτεραίᾳ ἑσπέρας ἐκ Ποτειδαίας ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου, οἷον δὲ διὰ χρόνου ἀφιγμένος ἁσμένως ᾖα ἐπὶ τὰς συνήθεις διατριβάς. |
| We arrived yesterday evening from Potidaea from the camp, and I sought with delight, after an absence of some time, my wonted conversations. |
| Plato Charmides 153a (558) |
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