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οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος → it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)
time just before dawn: P. and V. ὄρθρος, ὁ, P. τό περίορθρον.
darkness: Ar. and V. κνέφας, τό (also Xen.).
