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Μὴ μύρα, μὴ στεφάνους λιθίναις στήλαισι χαρίζου, μηδὲ τὸ πῦρ φλέξῃς· ἐς κενὸν ἡ δαπάνη. ζῶντί μοι, εἴ τι θέλεις, χάρισαι· τέφρην δὲ μεθύσκων πηλὸν ποιήσεις, κοὐχ ὁ θανὼν πίεται. (Anonymous, _Greek Anthology_ XI.8, ed. Paton) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 23h

Do not indulge stoney columns with perfumes or wreathes, and do not raise high the flame: such an outlay goes to the void. While I'm alive, if you are so inclined, charm me with favors. When you pour a drink for the pyre's ashes you will make mud, and the dead will not drink.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 30/09/2026

For the rich, they say, have many consolations. τοῖς γὰρ πλουσίοις πολλὰ φασι παραμύθια εἶναι. (PI. R. 329e)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 29/09/2026

But nothing is preferable to me, at least, unless it happens to be true. Ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν ἥδιον ἔμοιγε, εἰ μὴ τυγχάνει ἀληθὲς ὄν. (Pl. Euthphr. 14e)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 24/09/2026

For mortals age quickly at a time of evil. αἶψα γὰρ ἐν κακότητι βροτοὶ καταγηράσκουσιν. (Hom. Od. 19.369)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 12/07/2026

“δοκέω μέν, ἐς Κλέωνα τοῦτ᾿ αἰνίσσεται, ὡς κεῖνος ἐν Ἀίδεω σπατίλην ἐσθίει.” (Ar. Pax 47f) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 11/07/2026

Θεώρει τὰ γιγνόμενα καὶ τὰ συμπίπτοντα καὶ τοῖς ἰδιώταις καὶ τοῖς τυράννοις· ἂν γὰρ τὰ παρεληλυθότα μνημονεύῃς, ἄμεινον περὶ τῶν μελλόντων βουλεύσει. (Isoc. 2.36) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 11/07/2026

Consider what has happened to and what has befallen commoners and kings alike: for if you are mindful of what has gone by, you will plan better for what is to come.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 08/07/2026

Never hope to hide a shameful thing that you've done: for you will know of it in your own heart, even if you escape the notice of others. Μηδέποτε μηδὲν αἰσχρὸν ποιήσας ἔλπιζε λήσειν· καὶ γὰρ ἂν τοὺς ἄλλους λάθῃς, σεαυτῷ συνειδήσεις. (Isoc. 1.16)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 19/04/2026

For the Fates have given to men a spirit that endures. τλητὸν γὰρ Μοῖραι θυμὸν θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν. (Hom Il. 24.49) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 10/04/2026

consuesse enim deos immortales, quo gravius homines ex commutatione rerum doleant quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, his secundiores interdum res et diuturniorem impunitatem concedere (Caes. BG 1.14.5) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 10/04/2026

For the immortal gods are accustomed to grant good outcomes, now and then, and a rather long reprieve, to those whom they wish to punish for their wickedness, so that such men might suffer all the more from the reversal of their fortunes.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 07/04/2026

"...ἢν στρατεύηται ἐπὶ Πέρσας, μεγάλην ἀρχὴν μιν καταλύσειν..." (Hdt. 1.53)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 03/04/2026

dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam erroresque et stultitiam et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et adflictio spiritus eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio et qui addit scientiam addat et laborem. (Vulg. Eccl. 1:17f) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 03/04/2026

And I set my heart to understanding wisdom and science, folly and fatuity, and I came to see that in these pursuits there is pain and suffering of the spirit; and thereby that in much knowledge is much righteous anger and that he who increases his knowledge adds also to his toil.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 31/03/2026

The god of war has no favorites and is wont to slay the man minded to kill. ξυνὸς Ἐνυάλιος, καί τε κτανέοντα κατέκτα. (Hom Il. 18.309) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

si enim pecunias aequari non placet, si ingenia omnium paria esse non possunt, iura certe paria debent esse eorum inter se, qui sunt cives in eadem re publica. quid est enim civitas nisi iuris societas? (Cic. Rep. 1.32) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

For if it is not agreeable that wealth be made equitable, if it is not possible that the talents of all be alike, the protection under the law ought to be the same for all who are citizens in the same commonwealth. For what is a state except a joint venture for justice?

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

quare cum lex sit civilis societatis vinculum, ius autem legis aequale, quo iure societas civium teneri potest, cum par non sit condicio civium?

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

Since, therefore, the law is the bond of a society of citizens, and, what's more, justice under the law is an equal thing for all, by what justice can a society of citizens be maintained, when citizens do not live on the same terms?

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

tam enim esse clemens tyrannus quam inportunus potest; ut hoc populorum intersit, utrum comi domino an aspero serviant; quin serviant quidem, fieri non potest. (Cic. Rep. 1.33) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 28/03/2026

For insofar as a tyrant may be kind, he can just the same be cruel; and so this is the only difference among those who live under such rulers, whether they serve an affable or harsh master; indeed it cannot be but that they serve him.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 23/03/2026

By their fruits you shall know them: surely people do not gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα; (Matthew 7:16) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 15/03/2026

“But though all the vials of wrath descend upon our heads, the Ides of March are our consolation.” Sed omnia licet concurrant, Idus Martiae consolantur. (Cic. Att. 358.2/XIV.5; trans. Shackleton Bailey) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 08/03/2026

And they cannot get their fill of the din of evil war. οὐδὲ δύνανται | φυλόπιδος κορέσασθαι ὁμοιίου πτολέμοιο. (Hom. Il. 13.634f) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 01/03/2026

τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀπόστρεψον τὴν μάχαιράν σου εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς, πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται. #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 01/03/2026

Thereupon Jesus says to him, “Put back your sword in its place, for all who take the sword in hand shall be destroyed by the sword.” (Matthew 26:52)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 26/02/2026

ἐρωτηθεὶς γάρ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥτις οἰκεῖται κάλλιστα τῶν πόλεων, “Ἐκείνη,” εἶπεν, “ἐν ᾗ τῶν ἀδικουμένων οὐχ ἧττον οἱ μὴ ἀδικούμενοι προβάλλονται καὶ κολάζουσι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας.” (Plut. Sol. 18.5) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 26/02/2026

When asked, I suppose, which is the finest city to live in, he (i.e. Solon) said: “That city in which those who are not victims of injustice pursue and punish villains with no less vigor than the victims themselves.”

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 15/02/2026

nupta, quid exspectas? non tu pollentibus herbis nec prece nec magico carmine mater eris; excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, iam socer optatum nomen habebit avi. (Ov. Fast. 2.425-8) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 15/02/2026

Wedded wife, what are you waiting for? You'll not become a mother through potent herb, nor by prayer or magic verse; bear now with fortitude the blows of a fecund hand, and forthwith your husband's father will have the longed-for name of grandfather.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 15/02/2026

Dr. Ovid, fertility specialist, recommends Lupercalia:

A mosaic with the text "Febrarius" and an image of a Lupercus, a priest of the Lupercalia, brandishing a whip, preparing to strike a women in the presence of two others.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 13/02/2026

ο]ἰ μὲν ἰππήων στρότον οἰ δὲ πέσδων οἰ δὲ νάων φαῖσ᾿ ἐπ[ὶ] γᾶν μέλαι[ν]αν ἔ]μμεναι κάλλιστον, ἔγω δὲ κῆν᾿ ὄτ- τω τις ἔραται· (Sappho fr. 16) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 13/02/2026

Some say a force of cavalry is the finest thing on the black earth; others claim a host of infantry, and others of ships; but I say it is whatever you love.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 10/02/2026

οὐ χρῆ κάκοισι θῦμον ἐπιτρέπην, προκόψομεν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἀσάμενοι, ὦ Βύκχι, φαρμάκων δ᾿ ἄριστον οἶνον ἐνεικαμένοις μεθύσθην. (Alc. 335 = Athen. 10.430b–c) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 10/02/2026

We must not relinquish our soul to evils, for we shall get nowhere wallowing in misery, Bycchis: the finest cure for our ills is to bring some wine and get drunk.

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 09/02/2026

Kyrnos, this city is yet the city, but its people are manifestly different… Κύρνε, πόλις μὲν ἔθ᾿ ἥδε πόλις, λαοὶ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι… (Theognis 1.53) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 01/02/2026

Without friend, without law, without home is that man who loves horrid war among his own people. ἀφρήτωρ ἀθέμιστος ἀνέστιός ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος ὃς πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντος. (Hom. Il. 9.63f) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 31/01/2026

The cold crept subtly, all the way to the very marrow and bone. ὁ κρυμὸς δὲ εἰσεδύετο λεπτὸς μέχρι μυελῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ὀστέων. (Alciphron 3.40.2) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 26/01/2026

Now, there will be no contest, Quirites; they will always test your spirit, but they will not contend with your strength. Nec nunc erit certamen, Quirites; animos vestros illi temptabunt semper, vires non experientur. (Liv. 4.5.4)

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 25/01/2026

"Οὐπώποτε ἐγὼ κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ὑπέμεινα τοιοῦτον χειμῶνα."

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 24/01/2026

Μάνδρης ἔσω τις πρόβατα συλλέγων δείλης κνηκὸν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν λύκον ἔμελλε συγκλείειν. ὁ κύων δ᾿ ἰδὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπε “πῶς σπεύδεις τὰ πρόβατα σῶσαι, τοῦτον εἰσαγὼν ἥμιν;” (Babrius 113) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 24/01/2026

Someone gathering his sheep within the fold one evening was about to shut a tawny wolf inside with them. Seeing this, his dog said to him: “How are you serious about keeping the sheep safe, when you’re introducing this one among us?”

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Logopoios @gnomai.com · 23/01/2026

The age, however, is not so deprived of virtues that it has not produced good models as well. Non tamen adeo virtutum sterile saeculum ut non et bona exempla prodiderit. (Tac. Hist. 1.3) #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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