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Θεὸς πέφυκεν, ὅστις οὐδὲν δρᾷ κακόν → Deus est, qui nihil admisit umquam in se mali → Es ist ein göttlich Wesen, wer nichts Schlechtes tut

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|elentxt=[[to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics]], [[the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics]] (Plato, ''Protagoras'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0177%3Atext%3DProt.%3Apage%3D342 342e6])
|elentxt=[[to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics]], [[the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics]] (Plato, ''Protagoras'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0177%3Atext%3DProt.%3Apage%3D342 342e6])
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==Modern Greek—
==Modern Greek==
καλύτερα λακωνίζει κανείς φιλοσοφώντας παρά ασκώντας τη γυμναστική
καλύτερα λακωνίζει κανείς φιλοσοφώντας παρά ασκώντας τη γυμναστική

Revision as of 11:07, 14 January 2023

Greek to English

to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics, the Spartan cult is much more the pursuit of wisdom than of athletics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)

Modern Greek

καλύτερα λακωνίζει κανείς φιλοσοφώντας παρά ασκώντας τη γυμναστική