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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
All-Purpose Review
Euripides, Rhesus 39-40 (tr. David Kovacs):
You have said nothing clearly for all your many words.
πολλὰ γὰρ εἰπὼν
οὐδὲν τρανῶς ἀπέδειξας.
This quotation is suitable for commenting on many a book, sermon, political speech, newspaper editorial, scholarly article, etc.