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HERODOTUS

οὕτω ὦν Κροῖσε πᾶν ἐστὶ ἄνθρωπος συμφορή.

So then, O Croesus, man is altogether a creature of chance.

Book 1, 32.4

σκοπέειν δὲ χρὴ παντὸς χρήματος τὴν τελευτήν κῇ ἀποβήσεται.

We must examine the end of every matter, to see how it will turn out.

Book 1, 32.9

καδμεία νίκη.

A Cadmean victory [i.e. one in which the conquerors suffer as much as the conquered].

Book 1, 166.2

"ὦ Ζεῦ, ἐκγενέσθαι μοι Ἀθηναίους τίσασθαι," εἴπαντα δὲ ταῦτα προστάξαι ἑνὶ τῶν θεραπόντων δείπνου προσκειμένου αὐτῷ ἐς τρὶς ἑκάστοτε εἰπεῖν· "Δέσποτα, μέμνεο τῶν Ἀθηναίων."

“O Zeus”, he continued, “may it be granted to me to take vengeance on the Athenians!”, and saying this he ordered one of his attendants, every time dinner was set before him, to say three times: “Master, remember the Athenians.”

Book 5, 105.2

ὡς δ' ἐπύθετο Ξέρξης, δεινὰ ποιεύμενος τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ἐκέλευσε τριηκοσίας ἐπικέσθαι μάστιγι πληγὰς καὶ κατεῖναι ἐς τὸ πέλαγος πεδέων ξεῦγος.

When Xerxes learned of this, he took great exception and ordered that 300 lashes be administered to the Hellespont with a whip, and that a pair of shackles be dropped into the sea.

Book 7, 35.1

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