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nēfās, īnfestīsque ōbuia

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ἀλλά but 

αὐτός -ή -όν self, same, s/he/it

γάρ for, because 

γίγνομαι become, be 

δέ and, but 

διά +gen., acc. through, during, because of 

ἐάν = εἰ+ἄν 

ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ; ἡμεῖς, ἡμῶν I, we 

εἰμί be 

εἰς +acc. into 

ἐκ, ἐξ +gen. from, out of 

ἐν +dat. in 

ἐπί +gen. at; +dat. on; +acc. on to, against 

ἔχω have, hold

ἤ or, than 

ἵνα there, so that

καί and 

κατά +gen. or acc. down

λέγω say, speak; pick 

μέν on the one hand, on the other hand 

μή not (οὐ with indicative verbs)

ὁ, ἡ, τό the 

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ who, which, that

 

 

ἕν τι τῶν αἰσχίστων ἡγησάμην εἶναι μὴ βοηθῆσαι τῇ τε πόλει πάσῃ καὶ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμαυτῷ• εἰδὼς δ’ αὐτὸν ἔνοχον ὄντα οἷς ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἠκούσατεἀναγιγνώσκοντος τοῦ γραμματέως, ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί. καὶ ὡς ἔοικεν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οἱ εἰωθότες λόγοι λέγεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖς δημοσίοις ἀγῶσιν οὐκεἰσὶ ψευδεῖς• αἱ γὰρ ἴδιαι ἔχθραι πολλὰ πάνυ τῶν κοινῶν ἐπανορθοῦσι.

 

ὅτι ἀποροῦντες Ῥωμαῖοί τε καὶ Καρχηδόνιοι χρηματων, οἱ μὲν οὐκέτι ἐναυπήγουν, τετρυμένοι διὰ τὰς ἐσφοράς, ἀλλὰ πεζὴν στρατιὰν καταλέγοντες ἐξέπεμπον ἐς Λιβύην καὶ ἐς Σικελίαν ἀνὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον, Καρχηδόνιοι δ᾽ ἐς Πτολεμαῖον ἐπρεσβεύοντο, τὸν Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Λάγου, βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, δισχίλια τάλαντα κιχρώμενοι. τῷ δ᾽ ἦν ἔς τε Ῥωμαίους καὶ Καρχηδονίους φιλία, καὶ συναλλάξαι σφᾶς ἐπεχείρησεν ἀλλήλοις. οὐ δυνηθεὶς δ᾽ ἔφη χρῆναι φίλοις κατ᾽ ἐχθρῶν συμμαχεῖν, οὐ κατὰ φίλων.

 

 

οἳ μὲν γὰρ Δρακάνῳ σ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ Ἰκάρῳ ἠνεμοέσσῃ

 

φάσ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ ἐν Νάξῳ, δῖον γένος, εἰραφιῶτα,

 

οἳ δέ σ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Ἀλφειῷ ποταμῷ βαθυδινήεντι

 

κυσαμένην Σεμέλην τεκέειν Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ:

 

ἄλλοι δ᾽ ἐν Θήβῃσιν, ἄναξ, σε λέγουσι γενέσθαι,

 

ψευδόμενοι: σὲ δ᾽ ἔτικτε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε

 

πολλὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων, κρύπτων λευκώλενον Ἥρην.

 

ἔστι δέ τις Νύση, ὕπατον ὄρος, ἀνθέον ὕλῃ,

 

τηλοῦ Φοινίκης, σχεδὸν Αἰγύπτοιο ῥοάων,

 

καί οἱ ἀναστήσουσιν ἀγάλματα πόλλ᾽ ἐνὶ νηοῖς.

 

ὣς δὲ τὰ μὲν τρία, σοὶ πάντως τριετηρίσιν αἰεὶ

 

ἄνθρωποι ῥέξουσι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας.

 

 

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