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Friday, July 19, 2024

Hope

Xenophon, Hellenica 3.4.18 (tr. Rex Warner):
For where you find men honouring the gods, disciplining themselves for war and practising obedience, you may be sure that there everything will be full of good hope.

ὅπου γὰρ ἄνδρες θεοὺς μὲν σέβοιντο, τὰ δὲ πολεμικὰ ἀσκοῖεν, πειθαρχεῖν δὲ μελετῷεν, πῶς οὐκ εἰκὸς ἐνταῦθα πάντα μεστὰ ἐλπίδων ἀγαθῶν εἶναι;