προδιήγησις
From LSJ
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A preliminary exposition or narration, τῆς ἀπολογίας Aeschin.1.117, cf. Arist.Rh.1414b14, Hermog.Inv.2.1, al.: pl., Aps.p.339H.
German (Pape)
[Seite 716] ἡ, vorläufige Erzählung; τῆς ἀπολογίας, Aesch. 1, 117; Rhett., wie Hermog. de inv. 2, 1.