τὴν συμμέτρησιν… τῶν κλιμάκων οὕτως ἔλαβον

From LSJ

Στερρῶς φέρειν χρὴ συμφορὰς τὸν εὐγενῆ → Tolerare casus nobilem animose decetErtragen muss der Edle Unglück unbeugsam

Menander, Monostichoi, 480

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

thus they got the measurement for their ladders