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Level	Passage	Blurb	Constructions
	Lysias Speeches 1.1-5	Euphiletus asks that the jury treat him well and lays out what he intends to show them	articular infinitive \| correlatives \| potential optative \| dative of advantage \| relative clauses \| circumstantial participle \| future unreal conditional \| ὡς \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| ὥστε \| result clause with infinitive
	Lysias Speeches 1.6-10	Euphiletus describes his early married life and his domestic arrangements	result clause with infinitive \| ὥστε \| present general relative clause \| μή \| ὥσπερ \| ὡς \| genitive of touch after ἅπτομαι \| καί as also/too \| μέν…δέ... \| negative \| optative in historic indefinite clause \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| result clause with indicative \| future participle expressing purpose \| ὡς \| ὥστε \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| negative
	Lysias Speeches 1.11-14	Euphiletus describes the first suspicious behaviour of his wife	secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| result clause with indicative \| accusative and infinitive \| genitive absolute \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive
	Lysias Speeches 1.15-20	Euphiletus hears about another woman who has been seduced by Eratosthenes, and forces his servant to reveal the whole story	future real conditional \| prohibition \| negative \| negative \| prohibition \| ὡς \| genitive absolute
	Lysias Speeches 1.21-26	Euphiletus catches his wife and Eratosthenes red-handed	ὅπως \| εἰ δὲ μή \| prevention \| negative \| present real conditional \| negative \| infinitives \| ὡς \| indirect command \| μέν…δέ... \| genitive absolute \| μέν…δέ... \| circumstantial participle
	Lysias Speeches 1.27-36	Euphiletus explains his legal reasoning	past unreal conditional \| future real conditional \| εἰ δὲ μή \| result clause with indicative \| ὥστε \| ὥστε \| result clause with indicative \| indirect command \| negative
	Lysias Speeches 1.37-42	Euphiletus points out the flaws in his opponents' reasoning	past unreal conditional \| past real conditional \| past unreal conditional \| ὡς \| circumstantial participle \| ὡς \| indicative in indirect speech \| past unreal conditional
	Lysias Speeches 1.43-50	Euphiletus concludes his argument, showing how much he has been wronged by the case	past unreal conditional \| μή \| future real conditional \| εἰ as whether \| mixed conditional \| present general conditional \| ὥστε \| result clause with indicative \| fear clause with subjunctive
A	Euripides Andromache 404-20	Andromache resolves to offer herself up to her enemies to save her child's life	deictic δε \| μέν…δέ... \| deictic δε \| ὁστις \| μέν…δέ... \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| crasis \| γε \| δῆτα \| ἕνεκα
A	Euripides Bacchae 43-61	The god Dionysus explains why he has come to the city of Thebes.	future real conditional \| circumstantial participle
A	Euripides Bacchae 215-234	Pentheus explains to the audience how he will punish the bacchants	supplementary participle \| accusative and infinitive \| correlatives \| μέν…δέ...
A	Euripides Electra 82-99	Orestes explains his plans for vengeance to his friend Pylades	crasis
A	Euripides Hecuba 484-500	After the fall of Troy, the Greek herald Talthybius finds Hecuba lying prostrated on the ground.
A	Euripides Hecuba 218-233	Odysseus explains to Hecabe that the victorious Greeks have decided to kill her daughter Polyxena at Achilles’ tomb.
A	Euripides Hecuba 303-320	Odysseus explains the double need to honour the dead Achilles	correlatives \| accusative and infinitive \| genitive absolute \| δε pointing forward \| present general temporal clause \| τις \| οὐκοῦν or οὔκουν \| μέν…δέ... \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| τις \| future real conditional \| μέν…δέ... \| crasis \| future unreal conditional
A	Euripides Hecuba 807-823	After the capture of Troy, Hecabe begs Agamemnon for pity.
A	Euripides Helen 557-574	Menelaus and Helen recognise each other after a long separation.	stichomythia \| prohibition
A	Euripides Hippolytus 1153-1173	The messenger brings news of Hippolytus
A	Euripides Hippolytus 1286-1306	Artemis reproaches Theseus and explains Phaedra's actions
A	Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris 1056-1073	Iphigenia asks the chorus for support	third person imperative \| crasis \| τε \| ethic dative \| ὁστις \| dative of agent \| primary purpose clause \| ὁστις
A	Euripides Iphigeneia in Tauris 499-516	Iphigenia questions a mysterious visitor (Orestes) to Tauris before he can be sacrificed at the temple where she serves as priestess
A	Euripides Medea 1-95	Prologue: The Nurse outlines the history of Jason and Medea - she is worried about Medea's reaction to Jason marrying the daughter of Creon. The Tutor arrives - he has overheard that Creon intends to banish Medea and her sons.	πρίν \| πρίν \| future future conditional \| unfulfilled wish \| accusative of respect \| potential indicative \| dative of instrument \| objective genitive \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| fear clause with subjunctive \| infinitives \| question \| prohibition \| μι verbs \| μι verbs \| μι verbs
A	Euripides Medea 1002-1080	Fifth Episode: The Tutor announces that the gifts have been delivered and is surprised by Medea's reaction to the news. Medea addresses her children and wavers, but ends up certain of her plans.
A	Euripides Medea 1116-1250	Sixth Episode
A	Euripides Medea 1293-1419	Exodos
A	Euripides Medea 214-409	First Episode: Medea enters and bewails the lot of women. Creon enters and banishes her, fearing that she will do something terrible. Medea pleads with him and he gives in. Medea plots her revenge.	μή \| potential optative \| ὡς \| μι verbs \| μέν…δέ... \| present general temporal clause \| accusative of respect \| infinitives \| πρίν \| attributive participle \| accusative and infinitive \| ὡς \| μι verbs \| prohibition \| ὥστε \| relative clauses \| ὁστις \| μι verbs \| imperative \| ἀλλά \| prohibition \| ὡς \| wish optative \| future future conditional \| ὥστε \| accusative absolute \| circumstantial participle \| μι verbs \| circumstantial participle \| indirect question \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| crasis \| μι verbs \| indirect command \| τε \| μι verbs \| μι verbs
A	Euripides Medea 446-618	Second Episode: Jason arrives offering to help Medea in her exile and proclaiming his loyalty. Medea responds angrily, and describes how she has been betrayed. Jason defends himself and argues that she is being foolish to turn down his help. Medea accuses him of thinking of nothing but his new wife.	future unreal conditional \| mixed conditional \| mixed conditional \| infinitives \| present unreal conditional \| potential indicative \| genitive of comparison \| infinitives \| result clause with indicative \| genitive absolute
A	Euripides Medea 663-823	Third episode: Aegeus arrives on his way back from Delphi. He sympathises with Medea's plight and offers her safe haven in Athens. Medea announces her plans to kill Creon's wife and her own children.	infinitives \| stichomythia \| secondary purpose clause \| stichomythia \| genitive absolute \| τις \| προς 'by the' \| circumstantial participle \| δῆτα \| infinitives \| postpositions \| imperative \| infinitives \| wish optative \| relative clauses \| possessive dative \| infinitives \| imperative \| προς 'by the' \| prohibition \| indirect question \| relative clauses \| future unreal conditional \| μῶν \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| circumstantial participle \| τις \| future real conditional \| circumstantial participle \| μι verbs \| τε \| present general relative clause \| relative clauses \| gerundive \| dative of agent \| γάρ \| dramatic aorist \| τος sufix \| infinitives \| potential optative \| prohibition \| third person imperative \| infinitives \| potential optative \| present real conditional \| prohibition \| τε
A	Euripides Medea 866-975	Fourth episode: Jason returns and Medea convinces him that she now repents her earlier words. He agrees to ask Creon not to exile the children and Medea gives the children gifts to present to Creon's daughter.
A	Euripides Medea 869-894	Medea tells Jason she repents of her previous words	infinitives
A	Euripides Phoenissae 10-25	Jocasta tells how Oedipus came to be born, and how Laius, in remorse for his disobedience to Apollo’s command, handed the baby over to be exposed.	prohibition \| γάρ \| future future conditional \| infinitives \| relative clauses
A	Euripides Suppliants 513-24 526-530	Theseus tells Adrastus to bury the dead	present real conditional \| crasis \| result clause with infinitive \| participle in indirect statement after verbs of perceiving \| ὥστε
A	Herodotus Histories 1.36	The Mysians ask Croesus for his help with a beast who is ravaging their fields	μέν…δέ... \| circumstantial participle \| infinitives \| primary purpose clause \| potential optative
A	Herodotus Histories 3.80	The rebels against the Magi surprisingly voice their support of democracy
A	Homer Odyssey 4 554-569	Menelaus has asked the Old Man of the Sea which members of the returning army are alive. He is given the answer, and also told of his own fate.	potential optative \| article as pronoun \| article as pronoun \| tmesis \| potential optative \| prohibition \| third person imperative \| infinitives
A	Homer Odyssey 6 175-194	Odysseus asks for, and receives, help from Nausicaa
A	Homer Odyssey 6 236-257	Nausicaa realises that Odysseus is an important guest and takes care of him accordingly.
A	Homer Odyssey 6 266-288	Nausicaa describes the Phaeacians and their possible reaction to seeing her accompany Odysseus
A	Homer Odyssey 7.22-36	Odysseus asks for directions from Athena, who is disguised as a young girl.
A	Homer Odyssey 9 252-266	The Cyclops asks Odysseus and his men to introduce themselves; Odysseus swallows his fear to explain where they’ve come from.
A	Homer Odyssey 19 261-275	Odysseus in disguise tells Penelope of his return
A	Homer Odyssey 19.308-322	Penelope tells the stranger she doesn't think Odysseus will return, but that he should enjoy her hospitality
A	Homer Odyssey 19 474-490	Eurycleia makes a dangerous realisation	πρίν \| negative \| deictic δε
A	Lysias 1 14-16		genitive absolute \| indirect question \| optative in indirect speech \| accusative and infinitive \| indirect speech \| infinitives \| genitive absolute \| perfect tense \| genitive absolute \| historic present \| circumstantial participle \| relative clauses \| optative in historic indefinite clause \| circumstantial participle \| circumstantial participle \| accusative and infinitive \| prohibition \| attributive participle \| supplementary participle
A	Lysias Speeches 1.23-25	Eratosthenes caught red-handed	indirect command \| μέν…δέ... \| genitive absolute \| μέν…δέ... \| circumstantial participle \| circumstantial participle \| dual \| indirect question
A	Lysias Speeches 1.47-50	Euphiletus points out the unjustness of the current system	accusative and infinitive \| relative clauses \| future real conditional \| comparison \| καί as also/too \| εἰ δὲ μή \| infinitives \| μέν…δέ... \| ὁστις
A	Lysias Speeches 13.3-6	The political situation in which Agoratus, according to the prosecution, committed his crimes.	δεῖ \| genitive of hearing \| primary purpose clause \| relative clauses \| ὁστις \| μέλλω \| deictic iota \| circumstantial participle \| correlatives
A	Lysias Speeches 19.1-3	A speaker asks for the jurors’ goodwill by arguing that defendants are always at a disadvantage.	μέν…δέ...
A	Lysias Speeches 30.27-30	The prosecutor contrasts Nicomachus’ character with that of the great law-makers of the past.
A	Plato Crito 44e-45b3	Crito tries to allay some of Socrates' fears	ἆρα μή \| fear clause with subjunctive \| ὡς \| circumstantial participle \| genitive of comparison
A	Plato Crito 46b-c	Socrates explains that he will not abandon his old convictions unless Crito can persuade him otherwise
A	Plato Crito 43a-44b	Crito arrives bringing Socrates a difficult message	indirect question \| ὅπως \| articular infinitive \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| infinitive in indirect construction \| present general relative clause \| infinitives \| genitive of time or place within which \| relative clauses \| relative clauses \| genitive absolute
A	Plato Crito 44b-45c	Socrates tells Crito his dream; Crito explains why Socrates doesn't need to worry about money	genitive absolute \| ὡς \| relative clauses \| present general relative clause \| present general conditional \| unfulfilled wish \| present general relative clause \| correlatives \| present real conditional \| genitive of comparison \| prohibition \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| present real conditional \| circumstantial participle \| infinitives \| prohibition \| circumstantial participle \| third person imperative \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| subjunctive for indefinite future \| mixed conditional \| ὥστε \| result clause with infinitive \| ἆρα μή \| fear clause with subjunctive \| ὡς \| circumstantial participle \| genitive of comparison \| potential optative
A	Plato Crito 45c-46b	Crito explains why Socrates is not right to die	infinitives \| accusative absolute \| relative clauses \| circumstantial participle \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| ὡς \| correlatives \| potential optative \| ὡς \| fear clause with subjunctive \| infinitive in indirect construction \| prevention \| genitive of time or place within which \| future future conditional
A	Plato Crito 46b-47a	Socrates argues that he and Crito should revisit arguments they have made previously about whose opinions it is worth listening to	correlatives \| future unreal conditional \| gerundive \| εἰ as whether \| correlatives \| present general relative clause \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| πότερον or πότερα \| μέν…δέ... \| πρίν
A	Plato Crito 47a-48b	Socrates shows that we should discount the opinion of the many: just as we listen only to experts when it comes to our physical health, we should do the same in the case of our soul	gerundive \| correlatives \| present general relative clause \| present general conditional \| τος sufix
A	Plato Crito 48b-48d	Socrates argues that the only question they should consider is that of doing wrong	potential optative \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| εἰ as whether \| articular infinitive \| gerundive \| gerundive \| πότερον or πότερα \| infinitives \| genitive absolute \| hortative subjunctive \| mixed conditional \| μέν…δέ...
A	Plato Crito 48e-49d	Socrates and Crito conclude that it is never right to do wrong	genitive absolute \| ὡς \| ὡς \| infinitives \| articular infinitive \| negative \| genitive of comparison \| που \| negative \| infinitives \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| present general conditional
A	Plato Crito 49e-51c	Socrates introduces the Laws of Athens to clarify his reasoning; they point out that they have the same relationship to citizens as parents have to children	prohibition \| gerundive \| πότερον or πότερα \| πότερον or πότερα \| circumstantial participle \| μή \| infinitives \| γάρ \| relative clauses \| articular infinitive \| perfect tense \| circumstantial participle \| infinitives \| imperative \| ὡς \| genitive of comparison \| infinitives
A	Plato Crito 51d-53a	The Laws point out that Socrates has signed up to the Laws of Athens as he has not moved away from the city.	present real conditional \| present general relative clause \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive \| attributive participle \| μή \| future future conditional \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive \| ὡς \| genitive absolute \| genitive absolute \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| future unreal conditional \| ὡς \| objective genitive \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| τε \| imperative \| εἰ as whether \| circumstantial participle \| accusative and infinitive \| μι verbs
A	Plato Crito 53b-54e	The Laws point out that it would be ridiculous for Socrates to go to any other city once he had escaped; Socrates and Crito agree that he must stay and await his fate	prohibition \| word order \| ὥστε \| accusative and infinitive \| ἄν \| word order \| question \| dative of advantage \| future real conditional \| imperative \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive
A	Plato Euthyphro 7a-c	Socrates establishes what is holy, what is unholy, and which kinds of disagreements lead to hatred and anger.	hortative subjunctive \| dative of similarity \| question \| focus \| comparison \| future unreal conditional
A	Plato Gorgias 522c-e	Should Socrates worry about his inability to defend himself by rhetoric?	γε \| dative of agent \| articular infinitive
A	Plato Ion 531b3-d2
A	Plato Ion 532e7-533b5	Socrates establishes with Ion that experts don't tend to know about only one painter or sculptor	μέν…δέ... \| infinitive as verbal complement
A	Plato Ion 534d4-535a10
A	Plato Protagoras 319b-c	Socrates describes the Athenians' practice of turning to the professionals for expert advice.	τος sufix \| correlatives \| present general conditional \| crasis \| καί as also/too
A	Xenophon Anabasis 2.6.16-19	The ambitions and weaknesses of the Boeotian soldier Proxenus are dissected.	infinitives \| future infinitive
A	Xenophon Anabasis 3.2.9-10	At a council of war, the Greeks interpret a sneeze as a sign from the gods	genitive absolute \| deictic δε \| optative in indirect speech \| supplementary participle \| ὁστις \| third person imperative \| μέν…δέ... \| genitive absolute
A	Xenophon Economics 7.4-8	Socrates enquires as to the training of Ischomachus' wife	καί as also/too \| πότερον or πότερα \| result clause with infinitive \| οἱος \| ὥστε \| μέν…δέ... \| ἄν \| future optative \| ὅπως \| connecting relative \| result clause with infinitive \| γε \| τε \| ὥστε
A	Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.6-9	The surrender of Samos marks the end of the war and the Spartan Lysander returns with the spoils	εἴ τι ἄλλο \| circumstantial participle \| κατά distributive
A	Xenophon Hellenica 4.8.4	The Spartan governor of Abydus asks the citizens to remain loyal even in the aftermath of a naval defeat.
A	Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.54-6	Critias hands over Theramenes to the Eleven. The Eleven and their servants drag him off and Xenophon recalls his subsequent behaviour.	relative clauses \| circumstantial participle \| deictic iota \| relative clauses \| οἱος \| articular infinitive \| μέν…δέ... \| τος sufix \| genitive absolute \| perfect tense
A	Xenophon Hellenica 3.3.4-5	An informer reports to the Spartan ephors that Kinadon, the leader of a conspiracy, had asked him to count the Spartan citizens in the market place. Kinadon explains that the Spartan citizens are the enemy, but that there are not many of them.
A	Xenophon Memorabilia 1.1-3	Xenophon ponders some of the charges brought against Socrates
A	Xenophon Memorabilia 2.9.1.3	The narrator remembers a discussion between Socrates and Crito on the subject of self-interest.
A	Xenophon Symposium 2.3-4	Socrates on good and bad ways for people to smell.	μέν…δέ... \| ὥσπερ \| dative of instrument \| stichomythia \| attributive participle
A	Xenophon Symposium 4.29-31	Charmides explains how to live in the city and explores the problems of being rich, going on to explain why a poor man has fewer worries.	fear clause with the optative \| ὡς \| optative in indirect speech \| comparison
B	Euripides Alcestis 935-953	Admetus recognises that he should not have let his wife Alcestis die instead of him.	genitive of comparison \| genitive of touch after ἅπτομαι
B	Euripides Andromache 56-73	Andromache's former servant warns her of a Greek plan to kill her son	ὡς \| indefinite question words
B	Euripides Children of Heracles 1018-38	The chorus, Alcmene and Eurystheus debate the fate of Eurystheus	ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| relative clauses
B	Euripides Electra 341-357	Electra and her husband discuss the arrival of strangers	μέν…δέ... \| οὐκοῦν or οὔκουν \| που \| γάρ \| deictic δε \| ἀλλά \| γάρ
B	Euripides Electra 503-519	The Old Man (who had been Agamemon's guardian) has some encouraging news for Electra.	μῶν \| τε \| που
B	Euripides Hippolytus 1173-1193	A messenger reports to Theseus the reaction of his son Hippolytus upon hearing the news of his exile, which Theseus had ordered.
B	Euripides Hecuba 1-15	The ghost of Polydorus introduces himself
B	Euripides Hecuba 382-401	Hecuba tries to persuade Odysseus that she should die in her daughter's place
B	Euripides Hecuba 812-830	Hecuba begs Agamemnon for mercy
B	Euripides Hecuba 1157-1175	Polymestor relates his woes
B	Euripides Heracles 206-221	Amphitryon pleads with the new king of Thebes to spare Heracles’ children.
B	Euripides Hippolytus 1051-1069	Hippolytus pleads with Theseus; Theseus remains firm.
B	Euripides Ion 529-543
B	Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris 939-952	Orestes begins to describe his somewhat chilly reception in Athens on fleeing there in exile after killing his mother.
B	Euripides Phoenissae 452-470	Jocasta tries to mediate between her two sons Polynices and Eteocles, who are locked in a life-and-death struggle for control of Thebes. She advises them to exercise judgement and restraint. Polynices answers.	τε \| crasis \| imperative \| present general temporal clause
B	Euripides Rhesus 147-165	Hector asks for a volunteer to spy on the Greeks	μέν…δέ... \| οὐκοῦν or οὔκουν
B	Euripides Troades 1269-1286	Hecuba's last moments in Troy	postpositions \| deictic δε \| relative clauses \| primary purpose clause \| hortative subjunctive
B	Euripides Trojan Women	Andromache has just heard that her son is to be killed.
B	Herodotus Histories 2.120	Why Herodotus believes the Trojans’ claim that Helen was never in Troy.	past unreal conditional \| γε \| circumstantial participle \| result clause with indicative \| secondary purpose clause \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive
B	Herodotus Histories 3.64	Cambyses meets his fate at Ecbatana
B	Herodotus Histories 3.98	How Indians obtain gold
B	Herodotus Histories 3.120	A quarrel between Oroetes and Polycrates
B	Herodotus Histories 4.97	Darius is advised not to destroy a bridge	genitive absolute \| attributive participle \| circumstantial participle \| εἰ as whether \| genitive of time or place within which \| correlatives \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| γε \| indefinite question words \| fear clause with subjunctive
B	Herodotus Histories 9.122	A proposal made by the Persians to Cyrus, and his advice to them
B	Herodotus Histories 9.27.4-6	The Athenians argue that they rightly hold the second place of honour in the line
B	Herodotus Histories 9.37	Extreme measures from the diviner Hegesistratus
B	Herodotus Histories 9.53-55	Amompharetus refuses to move
B	Herodotus Histories 9.76	A woman from Cos supplicates Pausanias
B	Herodotus Histories 9.82	Pausanias compares Greek and Persian meals
B	Homer Iliad 5.121-134	Athena enables Diomedes to behold the gods on the Trojan side; he may not fight any of them except Aphrodite.
B	Homer Iliad 19.28-41	Thetis reassures Achilles about what will happen to Patroclus’ corpse. She will tend to it and ensure its preservation.	third person imperative \| article as pronoun \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| possessive dative
B	Homer Odyssey 5.299-314	Odysseus, threatened by a storm at sea, remembers the predictions of Calypso, and wishes that he had died honourably, fighting at Troy.
B	Homer Odyssey 8 62-82	A bard is brought in to sing to the Phaeacians
B	Homer Odyssey 8 214-234	Odysseus recounts his skills
B	Homer Odyssey 13 128-145	Poseidon complains that the Phaeaecians have been disrespecting his wishes in taking Odysseus back to Ithaca. Zeus placates him.	exclamatory relative \| relative clauses \| past unreal conditional \| infinitives
B	Homer Odyssey 16 70-86	Telemachus tells Eumaeus what can be done to entertain a stranger who has recently arrived in Ithaca	μέν…δέ... \| primary purpose clause \| negative \| present real conditional
B	Homer Odyssey 19.467-484	The nurse realises who she's tending to; Odysseus is not best pleased	dative of time when or place at which
B	Homer Odyssey 20.104-122	One of Odysseus’ servants prays for an end to the suitors’ rampages	μέν…δέ... \| epic τε \| present general relative clause \| wish optative \| syllabic nu
B	Homer Odyssey 20.287-305
B	Homeric Hymn to Apollo 165-178
B	Lysias Speeches 1.9-11	Euphiletus describes the background to the killing	genitive of touch after ἅπτομαι \| καί as also/too \| μέν…δέ... \| negative \| optative in historic indefinite clause \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| result clause with indicative \| future participle expressing purpose \| ὡς \| ὥστε \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive \| negative \| result clause with indicative \| accusative and infinitive \| genitive absolute \| secondary purpose clause with the subjunctive
B	Lysias Speeches 1.34-36
B	Lysias Speeches 1.37-40	Euphiletus explains why he was right, and why he wouldn't have acted in the way he did if he had been planning to murder Eratosthenes	past unreal conditional
B	Lysias Speeches 3.5-7	The defendant relates how Simon broke into his house and embarrassed his female relatives in his amorous pursuit of Theodotus	μέν…δέ... \| correlatives \| μέν…δέ... \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| result clause with infinitive \| genitive absolute \| ὥστε \| pronouns \| result clause with infinitive \| πρίν \| ὥστε
B	Lysias Speeches 6.50-52	The accuser recapitulates his argument at the end of the speech and lists the various crimes that have led the defendant Andocides to be brought to trial for impiety.	dative of agent \| γάρ \| result clause with indicative \| articular infinitive \| ὥστε \| third person imperative \| personal δοκεῖ \| correlatives \| γάρ
B	Lysias Speeches 19.55-57	A litigant tells the jury of his blameless life and how his father contributed to public expenditure without, unlike others, expecting anything in return.
B	Lysias Speeches 25.1-4	The person who is speaking in this speech is concerned with demonstrating that he did not actively collaborate with the Thirty Tyrants who governed Athens after her defeat in the Peloponnesian War.	infinitive as verbal complement \| attributive participle \| circumstantial participle \| conditional circumstantial participle \| μέν…δέ... \| circumstantial participle \| attributive participle \| present real conditional \| infinitive as verbal complement \| relative clauses \| correlatives \| present real conditional \| infinitives \| accusative and infinitive \| perfect tense \| attributive participle \| dative of agent \| mixed conditional \| participle in indirect statement after verbs of perceiving \| circumstantial participle \| οἱος \| potential indicative \| μέν…δέ... \| correlatives \| ὡς \| infinitive as verbal complement \| dative of similarity \| μέν…δέ... \| attributive participle \| infinitives \| perfect tense \| potential optative \| μέν…δέ... \| μή
B	Plato Crito 47d-48a	Socrates shows Crito that we must listen to experts when considering questions of right and wrong	present general conditional \| τος sufix
B	Plato Crito 53a-c	Socrates imagines how the laws might respond if he breaks them	subordinate clause first \| relative clauses \| ὥστε
B	Plato Crito 44b6-d4	Crito begins his attempt at persuading Socrates to escape from prison	potential optative
B	Plato Charmides 159 a-c	Moderation in all things	εἴτε \| accusative and infinitive \| πότερον or πότερα \| optative in indirect speech \| pronouns
B	Plato Gorgias 524b2-d4	Socrates describes the similarity between soul and body after the two are separated at death and continues to explain how other, more extreme experiences of the body would be reflected after death.	dual
B	Plato Hippias Major 285b7-e2	What sort of lectures do the Spartans enjoy?	result clause with indicative \| ὥστε \| μήν
B	Plato Hippias Minor 364 c-e	Socrates and the sophist Hippias discuss Homer	enclitic τις with an accent \| δε pointing forward \| infinitives \| μέν…δέ... \| mixed conditional \| present real conditional \| γάρ \| γάρ
B	Plato Ion 531e-532b
B	Plato Ion 540d5-541a6	Socrates makes distinctions between different arts	ἄρα \| καί as also/too \| ὁστις \| supplementary participle \| present unreal conditional \| ellipsis
B	Plato Laws 628c6-e5	An Athenian and Clinias, a Cretan, discuss what is best for a city, especially in relation to war. The Athenian uses the metaphor of a sick body to explain what he means.	articular infinitive \| αὐτός/ὁ αὐτός
B	Plato Protagoras 311d4-312a7	Socrates establishes Hippocrates purposes in going to see Protagoras
B	Plato Phaedrus 244b-244c	Socrates (playfully?) recounts the benefits of divine madness (μανία) and how it relates to prophecy (μαντική)—even etymologically.
B	Plato Republic 2 375a2-b11	The similarity between human and canine guards	οἱος \| relative clauses \| pronouns
B	Sophocles Antigone 902-20	Antigone contemplates her punishment at the hands of Creon for honouring her brother Polyneices' body	word order \| attributive participle
B	Xenophon Anabasis 1.4.13-16	The Greek commander Menon encourages the men of his contingent to be the first to support Cyrus’ revolt against the Persian King, since in doing so they will secure his gratitude and Cyrus sends Glus with a message for them.
B	Xenophon Anabasis 3.2.4-6	Cleanor bewails deceit and bad faith on the part of the Great King, Tissaphernes and Ariaios	δε pointing forward \| relative clauses
B	Xenophon Constitution of the Athenians 1.13-16	How athletics, music and the allies are treated in Athens	μέν…δέ... \| γοῦν \| primary purpose clause \| circumstantial participle \| circumstantial participle \| dative of advantage \| potential optative \| τις \| εἰ as complement
B	Xenophon Economics 7.35-7	The duties of a wife are explained to her	καί as also/too \| correlatives \| μέν…δέ... \| correlatives \| μέν…δέ... \| gerundive \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| γε
C	Achilles Tatius Leucippe and Cleitophon 1.3.5-1.4.1	How political are the Greek novels?
C	Andocides On the Peace 17-19	The Athenians are reminded just how generous the terms of peace given by the Spartans are.	μέν…δέ... \| past unreal conditional
C	Aristophanes Frogs 1500-1523
C	Aristophanes Frogs 209-240
C	Aristophanes Frogs 686-705
C	Aristophanes Acharnians 507-519
C	Aristophanes Lysistrata 119-130	Lysistrata proposes a strategy to prevent war that meets with some dissent	possessive dative \| future unreal conditional
C	Demosthenes On the Peace 5.1-2	Demosthenes bemoans the Athenians' approach to decision-making	articular infinitive \| μέν…δέ... \| genitive absolute \| participle in indirect statement after verbs of perceiving \| μέν…δέ...
C	Demosthenes Third Phillippic 9.53	Demosthenes advises strong action against the Athenian supporters of Philip.	circumstantial participle \| πρίν \| attributive participle \| connecting relative \| καί as also/too \| result clause with indicative \| fear clause with subjunctive \| ὥστε \| articular infinitive
C	Demosthenes Speeches 57.34-6	A litigant complains that his opponent's speech has proved nothing; what is more, he has wrongly tried to stir up prejudice against women serving as wet-nurses.	infinitives \| μέν…δέ... \| relative clauses \| word order \| prohibition \| καί as also/too \| γάρ \| future real conditional \| attributive participle \| present unreal conditional \| οὔτε…οὔτε \| prohibition \| articular infinitive \| attributive participle \| γε
C	Euripides Alcestis 614-32	At the funeral of Admetus’ wife Alcestis, his father Pheres offers words of consolation.
C	Euripides Alcestis 773-789	Heracles complains of the gloomy welcome he receives from Admetus' servant	primary purpose clause
C	Euripides Alcestis 779-793	Advice from Herakles: enjoy life while you can	relative clause misbehaving \| γάρ \| ἀλλά
C	Euripides Bacchae 925-934	"In a Dionysiac context, costume is never just costume."
C	Euripides Bacchae 1058-1081
C	Euripides Children of Heracles 501-22	One of Heracles' daughters considers the options and decides it would be best if she died for the city rather than anyone else.	πρίν \| μέν…δέ... \| accusative absolute \| infinitives \| future real conditional \| question \| crasis
C	Euripides Hippolytus 176-197	The nurse laments the troubles mortals have
C	Euripides Hippolytus 337-361	Phaedra admits her affliction to her nurse
C	Euripides Hippolytus 373-391	Phaedra explains where men go wrong	infinitive as verbal complement \| possessive dative \| gerundive \| articular infinitive \| relative clause misbehaving \| μέν…δέ...
C	Euripides Hippolytus 498-515	The nurse convinces Phaedra to use her potions	genitive of comparison
C	Euripides Hippolytus 682-699	Phaedra blames the nurse; the nurse defends herself
C	Euripides Hippolytus 708-31	Phaedra gets rid of the nurse and turns to the Chorus for advice
C	Euripides Medea 231-251	Medea bewails the lot of women	ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| crasis
C	Euripides Phoenissae 12-27	Jocasta tells how Laius had his child exposed.	prohibition \| γάρ \| future future conditional \| infinitives \| relative clauses
C	Euripides Phoenissae 388-403	Iokasta asks her son Polyneices what it feels like to be deprived of one's own fatherland	articular infinitive \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| pronouns
C	Homer Iliad 1.23-42	Agamemnon’s curse angers Chryses, who prays to Apollo for vengeance	infinitives \| tmesis \| prohibition \| μή \| μή οὐ \| lest \| primary purpose clause \| wish optative
C	Homer Iliad 1.285-305
C	Homer Iliad 1.498-516	Thetis pleads with Zeus to honour her son	ὄφρα
C	Homer Iliad 2.56-71	Agamemnon reports his dream to the Greek elders	infinitives
C	Homer Iliad 3.146-160	The Trojan elders comment on Helen from the Scaean gates	third person imperative \| wish optative
C	Homer Iliad 3 204-224	Antenor remembers and compares Odysseus and Menelaus
C	Homer Iliad 3.421-440	The women return to the palace; Helen takes Paris to task
C	Homer Iliad 6.214-231	Glaucon and Diomedes realise old allegiances	accusative of respect \| subjunctive for indefinite future \| μέν…δέ... \| present general relative clause \| hortative subjunctive \| primary purpose clause \| deictic δε \| hortative subjunctive
C	Homer Iliad 6.466-481	Astyanax is frightened by his father’s appearance
C	Homer Iliad 7.37-53	Apollo and Athena decide to suggest a plan of action to Hector, which is relayed by the seer Helenus.	hortative subjunctive \| ἐαν as 'in the hope that' \| potential optative
C	Homer Iliad 8.1-17	Zeus calls a council of the gods and goddesses to warn them about helping either side	third person imperative \| μή
C	Homer Iliad 9.624-42	Ajax suggests to Odysseus that they give up with their attempt to persuade Achilles
C	Homer Iliad 21.120-35	Achilles crows over Lycaon’s corpse
C	Homer Iliad 22.1-24	Achilles makes for Troy
C	Homer Iliad 24.32-49	Apollo suggests that the other immortals respect Hector
C	Homer Iliad 24.522-540	Achilles comforts Priam
C	Homer Iliad 24.692-709	Hector’s corpse is brought back to Troy
C	Homer Iliad 24.723-745	Andromache laments for her husband
C	Homer Odyssey 1.345-359	Telemachus reproaches Penelope for telling the bard to stop singing about the Trojan War	question \| relative clauses \| present general relative clause
C	Homer Odyssey 2 6-20	Telemachus marks his assembly debut with a dashing entrance	γάρ
C	Homer Odyssey 3 79-97	Telemachus asks Nestor for news of his father	deictic δε \| ἐαν as 'in the hope that' \| μέν…δέ... \| relative clauses \| ὄσος \| circumstantial participle \| prohibition \| imperative
C	Homer Odyssey 6 119-136	Odysseus comes out of the grove in which he had take refuge to find out who awoke him.
C	Homer Odyssey 7 244-58	Odysseus tells Arete how he reached Calypso's island Ogygia	τις \| dative of time when or place at which \| future infinitive \| indirect speech
C	Homer Odyssey 15 265-281	Telemachus befriends a refugee	possessive dative \| future participle expressing purpose
C	Isocrates To Demonicus 1.13-15	Isocrates gives Demonicus some advice on how to become virtuous and improve one's reputation	correlatives \| correlatives \| μέν…δέ... \| μέν…δέ...
C	Lysias Speeches 2.55-57	The speaker praises the great achievements of his Athenian ancestors	potential optative \| μέν…δέ... \| circumstantial participle \| connecting relative
C	Lysias Speeches 12.4-6	Lysias explains how the Thirty Tyrants targeted resident aliens because of their money	μέν…δέ... \| crasis \| result clause with infinitive \| ὥστε \| γάρ \| optative in indirect speech \| μέν…δέ... \| γάρ
C	Lysias Speeches 14.1-2	No excuse is needed for prosecuting someone so thoroughly disgraceful as Alcibiades.	result clause with indicative \| present real conditional \| relative clauses
C	Lysias Speeches 24.21-23	The speaker pleads for retention of a disability allowance	correlatives \| circumstantial participle \| μέν…δέ...
C	Luke 2.1
C	Plato Gorgias 483a7-c6	Callicles describes different kinds of wrong-doing	μέν…δέ... \| articular infinitive \| cognate accusative \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| circumstantial participle \| attributive participle
C	Plato Hippias Minor 365b-365d	Socrates and Hippias discuss a quotation from Iliad 9 in which Achilles tells Odysseus how much he hates those who say one thing and think another.	optative in indirect speech \| γάρ
C	Plato Protagoras 310b-d	Socrates has an unexpected visit	genitive of time or place within which \| deictic iota \| circumstantial participle \| μή \| γε \| optative in indirect speech \| future optative \| circumstantial participle \| perfect tense
C	Plato Protagoras 310d-311d	Socrates questions Hippocrates' motives for going to see Protagoras	μῶν \| ὡς \| wish optative \| future unreal conditional \| ὡς \| ὡς \| ὡς \| future participle expressing purpose \| future real conditional \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν
C	Plato Protagoras 334c7-335a3	Socrates asks Protagoras to adjust his arguments to his audience	τυγχάνω \| πότερον or πότερα \| correlatives
C	Plato Theaetetus 142a6-d3	How Socrates recognised Theaetetus' early promise	μῶν \| ἄλλα τε καί \| δοκεῖ μοι
C	Plato Timaeus 224b4-d5	An Egyptian explains why Greek history is short	μέν…δέ... \| δε pointing forward
C	Sophocles Antigone 71-99	Antigone and Ismene argue over the best course of action
C	Sophocles Antigone 1155-1173	The messenger arrives to announce Haemon's death
C	Sophocles Antigone 1203-1218	The Messenger reports how Creon heard of Haemon's death
C	Sophocles Antigone 304-331	Creon threatens the guard and instructs him to find who buried Polyneices
C	Sophocles Antigone 497-511	Antigone and Creon argue about how shameful her actions are	wish optative \| exclamatory relative \| potential indicative \| future unreal conditional \| crasis \| τε \| γάρ
C	Sophocles Antigone 531-551	Antigone and Ismene discuss who was responsible for the burying of their brother	negative \| prohibition \| articular infinitive
C	Sophocles Antigone 655-672	Creon explains why he must punish family
C	Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1-18	Oedipus and Antigone arrive at the outskirts of Athens	crasis \| ἄν \| primary purpose clause \| indirect question \| deictic δε \| ὡς
C	Sophocles Oedipus Coloneus 1291-1307	Polyneices explains his actions	connecting relative
C	Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 447-462	Teiresias boldy tells Oedipus that he will not leave before revealing a horrible truth	relative clauses \| infinitive as imperative
C	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 2.1	How the war began	optative in indirect speech \| ὥστε
C	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 3.72.2-74.1	Beginnings of civic violence in Corcyra	genitive absolute \| attributive participle
C	Xenophon Anabasis 4.8	A former slave, instructed by Xenophon, negotiates a truce between Greeks and barbarians	accusative and infinitive \| optative in indirect speech \| accusative and infinitive \| present real conditional \| indirect question \| ἀλλά \| ὄτι in direct speech \| indirect command \| future participle expressing purpose \| γε \| indirect question \| potential optative \| καί…καί \| accusative and infinitive
C	Xenophon Agesilaus 1	Agesilaus should be praised for the nobility of both his family and his city	μέν…δέ... \| potential optative
C	Xenophon Agesilaus 7.1.3	Xenophon outlines Agesilaus' virtues as a ruler	potential optative \| relative clauses \| ὡς \| deictic δε \| circumstantial participle \| supplementary participle
C	Xenophon Cyropaedia 7.2.11-13	Cyrus asks Croesus for advice. Cyrus' men deserve a reward for captuing Sardis, but he does not want them to sack the city. Croesus comes up with a plan to appease Cyrus' army without the city being destroyed.	participle in indirect statement after verbs of perceiving \| accusative and infinitive \| future future conditional
C	Xenophon Economics 3.10-12	Some men try to live co-operatively with their wives: but whose fault is it when they go wrong?	μέν…δέ... \| result clause with infinitive \| ὥστε \| μέν…δέ... \| question
C	Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.24–27	Critias explains why it is necessary to kill not only democrats, but also his fellow oligarch Theramenes.	μέν…δέ... \| accusative and infinitive \| potential optative \| correlatives \| accusative and infinitive \| third person imperative \| future real conditional \| articular infinitive \| articular infinitive
C	Xenophon Hiero 6.1-4	Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown	μέν…δέ... \| articular infinitive \| articular infinitive \| μέν…δέ... \| articular infinitive \| εἴ τι ἄλλο \| dative of similarity
C	Xenophon Memorabilia 1.1.20-2.2.2	How could Socrates have made other people bad since he was so wise himself?	correlatives \| accusative and infinitive \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| articular infinitive
C	Xenophon Memorabilia 1.6	Socrates questions whether his life really is as miserable as Antiphon thinks	δοκεῖ μοι \| ἄν \| μέν…δέ... \| πότερον or πότερα \| ἄν
D	Aeschylus Eumenides 454-469	Orestes relates his history to Athena.	crasis \| ὡς \| relative clauses
D	Aeschylus Persians 447-65	Xerxes' disastrous strategy	τις \| exclamatory relative
D	Antiphon On the murder of Herodes 5.26-27	Amphibious murder	genitive absolute \| μέν…δέ... \| μέν…δέ... \| word order
D	Aristophanes Clouds 1043-57	The Better Argument and the Worse Argument debate: are hot baths bad for one's character?	question \| word order \| question \| δῆτα
D	Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1144-1162	Blepyrus goes off to celebrate, and the Chorus commend their play to the judges	articular infinitive \| οὐκοῦν or οὔκουν \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| infinitives
D	Aristophanes Peace 215-233	Hermes predicts to the Athenian Trygaeus what Peace and War will do if a truce with the Spartans is rejected	genitive of time or place within which \| accusative of respect \| gerundive \| mixed conditional \| γοῦν
D	Demosthenes Second Philippic	Those who speak in the Athenian assembly find it is easier to denounce Philip’s behaviour than to propose practical measures.
D	Demosthenes Third Philippic 9.25–27	Demosthenes catalogues Philip of Macedon’s recent military and political victories to prove that nothing in Greek history can compare to his recent injustices.	μέν…δέ... \| κατά distributive
D	Demosthenes Speeches 9.3-4	Freedom of speech has its dangers	μέν…δέ... \| μέν…δέ... \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| μέν…δέ...
D	Demosthenes Speeches 18.177-9	Demosthenes recalls a speech in which he gave some advice on how best to handle the Thebans	accusative and infinitive \| δεῖ \| μέν…δέ... \| genitive absolute \| word order
D	Demosthenes Against Meidias 21.222-225	It is the power of the laws which gives authority to the jurors.	prohibition
D	Euripides Andromache 1-6, 8-19	Andromache introduces herself to the audience with a brief summary of what she has suffered so far.	ἵνα with indicative
D	Euripides Andromache 624-44	Peleus reproaches Menelaus for his record of bad behaviour	μή \| μή \| infinitives
D	Euripides Bacchae 266-285	Teiresias advises Pentheus not to ridicule Dionysus.
D	Εuripides Bacchae 769–786	Pentheus is unmoved by pleas to allow the worship of Dionysus, and calls for an attack on the Bacchants.
D	Euripides Cyclops 519–538	Enjoy your drink with care.
D	Euripides Ion 289-307	Ion quizzes Creusa about her husband and their reasons for consulting the oracle	exclamatory relative \| crasis \| ὡς
D	Herodotus Histories 2.118	The Egyptian priests tell Herodotus their version of the Trojan war.	genitive absolute \| δε pointing forward
D	Herodotus Histories 8.37	Miracles at the temple of Athena Pronaea	infinitives \| possessive dative \| genitive of touch after ἅπτομαι \| genitive of comparison \| πρίν
D	Herodotus Histories 9.7	An Athenian embassy to Sparta explains the rejection of a settlement with the Persians.	μέν…δέ... \| article as pronoun \| lack of contraction \| optative in indirect speech \| circumstantial participle \| τε \| participles after καίπερ
D	Homer Iliad 1.172-192	Agamemnon threatens Achilles	τε
D	Homer Iliad 3.225-242	Priam asks Helen to identify some more Achaeans	optative in historic indefinite clause
D	Homer Iliad 3.318	Lots are drawn between Paris and Menelaus
D	Homer Iliad 6.263-285	Hector asks his mother to pray to Athena on his behalf	μή \| wish optative \| future unreal conditional \| γε
D	Homer Iliad 6.343-358	Helen admits the weaknesses of Paris and urges Hector to come and sit with her
D	Homer Iliad 9 182-198	Odysseus and Ajax attempt to placate Achilles
D	Homer Iliad 16.2-19	Achilles asks Patroclus why he is crying.	primary purpose clause \| epic τε
D	Homer Iliad 16.439-457	Hera warns Zeus	exclamatory relative \| article as pronoun \| μή
D	Homer Iliad 18 88-111	Thetis and Achilles lament together
D	Homer Iliad 21 257-274	Achilles is overtaken by the river
D	Homer Iliad 22.249-269	Hector asks Achilles for an agreement that the victor in combat will give back the body of the slain to his family for burial.
D	Homer Iliad 24.314-332	Zeus sends a portent to Priam to speed him on his way to the Achaean camp
D	Homer Odyssey 1 80-95	Athena outlines her plan for Odysseus' return	ἐαν as 'in the hope that' \| future participle expressing purpose
D	Homer Odyssey 2.87-103	The suitor Antinous accuses Penelope of foul play
D	Homer Odyssey 3.75-91	Telemachus answers Nestor's questions and asks in turn about Odysseus	ἐαν as 'in the hope that' \| accusative and infinitive \| circumstantial participle
D	Homer Odyssey 11.1-22
D	Homer Odyssey 13 291-310	Athena compares herself to Odysseus and gives him some help.	μέλλω \| circumstantial participle
D	Homer Odyssey 13 311-328	Odysseus reviews his relationship with Athena	secondary purpose clause \| γε \| τις
D	Homeric Hymn to Hermes 4.254-272	Apollo challenges the new-born Hermes with knowing about his missing cattle
D	Isocrates To Nicocles 3.14-16	Monarchy rules OK	μέν…δέ... \| present general conditional \| γε \| articular infinitive
D	Lysias Speeches 24.4-6	A defendant argues that he should not be deprived of a disability allowance from the city	accusative and infinitive
D	Plato Charmides 156a9-c9	Socrates introduces Charmides to the idea of holistic medicine	correlatives \| relative clauses \| indefinite question words \| optative in indirect speech \| καί as also/too
D	Plato Euthyphro 2B-D	Socrates explains Meletus’ indictment against him.
D	Plato Euthydemus 273c1-e2	What do two sophists, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, teach?	correlatives \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| dual
D	Plato Gorgias 523a1-c1	Socrates explains how the judgement of men at their death changed after the age of Kronos.	δε pointing forward \| μέν…δέ...
D	Plato Lysis 207e1-208b1	Socrates asks a teenager whether his parents allow him to drive their chariot	δε pointing forward \| ἄν \| οὐκοῦν or οὔκουν \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| ἄν
D	Plato Menexenus 238b7-d5	As part of a funeral oration, Socrates praises the ancestral constitution of Athens.	deictic δε \| word order \| μέν…δέ... \| μέν…δέ...
D	Plato Phaedo 84e-85b7	Socrates explains to Simmias that, as with swans, he rejoices at the prospect of his imminent death.	genitive of comparison \| present general temporal clause \| καί as also/too \| circumstantial participle \| δή \| accusative of respect
D	Plato Phaedrus 230e–231b	The advantages non-lovers have over lovers.
D	Plato Republic 3 393d3-394b2	The start of the Iliad rewritten	past unreal conditional \| μέν…δέ...
D	Solon fr. 13.1-16	A prayer for justice and wealth.
D	Sophocles Antigone 1064-1086	Teiresias predicts Creon's ruin
D	Sophocles Ajax 485-503	Tecmessa seeks her husband's understanding	genitive of comparison \| relative clauses
D	Sophocles Antigone 683-702	Haemon suggests his father change his mind
D	Sophocles Electra 23-41	Orestes has just arrived at Mycenae: he thanks his old paedagogos for his loyalty and asks him for advice.	exclamatory relative \| simile
D	Sophocles Trachiniae 49-66	As Deianeira laments the absence of Heracles, the nurse proves that even a slave can give good advice.	μέν…δέ... \| καί as also/too \| γάρ
D	Thucydides 2.71.2-4	The Plataeans remind the Spartans of Pausanias’ oath to grant and defend Plataean independence.
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 3.47	Diodotus explains why the Athenians should not punish the demos of Mytilene for the island's rebellion from the empire.	future future conditional \| τε \| relative clauses \| genitive of comparison \| imperative \| relative clauses \| potential optative \| circumstantial participle
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 4.59	Hermon tries to persuade the Sicilians that, given the risks involved in waging war, mediation is their best policy.	οὔτε…οὔτε \| οὔτε…οὔτε \| μέν…δέ...
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 5.40	The Argives are anxious to make an alliance with Sparta	fear clause with subjunctive \| ὡς \| τε \| participle in indirect statement after verbs of perceiving \| accusative and infinitive \| τε \| ὥστε \| result clause with infinitive \| future infinitive \| mixed conditional
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 5.27	After the Spartans have established an alliance with Athens, the Corinthians try to persuade the Argives to make a defensive alliance of their own with other cities.	accusative and infinitive \| καί as also/too
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 7.8.1-3	Nikias asks for reinforcements, considering carefully how best to deliver his message	μή \| articular infinitive \| ἄν
D	Thucydides The Pelopennesian War 7.71.2-3	Spectators respond to the varying fortunes of the Athenian fleet	dative of similarity
D	Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 8 65.1-66.1	Plotting and preparation in Athens for Peisander's takeover	dative of agent \| οὔτε…οὔτε \| gerundive \| present general relative clause
D	Thucydides Pelopennesian War 2.1.1-2	The Peloponnesian War begins.
D	Xenophon Economics 4.12-15	Socrates explains how highly the Xerxes rates gardens.

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