Social Commentaries
Book XI, 142
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
After having studied “Far be it,” and sphin and thrice in each period, “ Gentlemen of the jury,” and “ Here, usher, repeat the law for me,” and “ This way, and “I put it to you,’ and “ two score,” and “certain alleged,’ and indeed “ By heaven,” and «’Sdeath,”’ Crito is an orator and teaches numbers of children, and to these phrases he will add gru,’ phathi, and min.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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