In this section i will be quoting lines from people from our ancient past.
Some you may have heard of...others you may not have.

As soon as i get my greek fonts working i will firstly quote the line in ancient greek, then i will translate it into modern greek and then i will translate that into english.

If i am unable to get my fonts working i will only be quoting in english.

I will also mention who quoted it and the period of time they lived in.

1. Gorgo the wife of King Leonidas (King of Sparta during the 2nd Persian War) asked what she should do when he had left (as it was expected he'd die) Leonidas replied: "Marry a good man, and have good children."

2. Dienekes, a Spartan soldier (during the 2nd Persian War), was informed that Persian arrows blotted out the sun. King Leonidas replied with characteristically laconic prose, "So much the better, we shall fight in the shade."

3. Before the Battle of Thermopylae (A Battle During the 2nd Persian War), a servant of Xerxes (Xerxes was the King of Persia) had proposed for the Greeks to surrender. Saying for the Spartans to serve Xerxes, to which King Leonidas replied; Molon Lave, or in English, Come And Get Them.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Ok my first quote:

ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ-SOCRATES (470BC - 399BC)

Ancient Greek:

ΓΗΡΑΣΚΩ ΑΕΙ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΟΜΕΝΟς (pronounced girasko aei didaskomenos)

Modern Greek:

'Οσο ζω μαθαίνω (pronounced oso zo matheno)

English:

As long as i live i learn

ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΗΣ- ΕURIPIDES (480 BC -407 BC)

Ancient Greek:

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΙ ΣΚΕΨΕΙΣ ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΕΣ (pronounced deftere skepsis kritones)

Modern Greek:

Οι δεύτερες σκέψεις είναι καλύτερες (pronounced E defteres skepsis ine kaliteres)

English:

Second thoughts are the best

ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΗΣ - ARISTOPHANES (446-385 BC)

Ancient Greek:

ΑΝΕΣΤΙΟΣ ΕΣΤΙΝ ΕΚΕΙΝΟΣ ΟΣ ΕΡΑΤΑΙ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΑΝ

(pronounced: anestios estin ekinos os erate polemou epidimian)

Modern Greek:

'Οποιος αγαπάει τον εμφύλιο πόλεμο δεν έχει πατρίδα

(pronounced: opios agapaei ton emfilio polemo den ehi patrida)

English:

Whoever loves civil war does not have a fatherland.

Great topic HiNrg bravo to you and mini.

ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΣ - PLUTARCH (46 - 125 AD)


Ancient Greek:

ΜΗ ΠΑΙΔΙ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΑΝ Η ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑ....ΕΓΩ ΔΕ ΦΑΙΗΝ ΑΝ ΜΗΔΕ ΑΝΔΡΙ ΑΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩ ΔΥΝΑΣΤΕΙΑΝ

(pronounced: mi pedi maheran i parimia..ego de fain an mithe andri apedefto dinastian)

Modern Greek:

Να μη δίνετε μαχαίρι σε παιδί λέει η παροιμία. Εγώ θα έλεγα ούτε εξουσία στον αμόρφωτο άνθρωπο.

(pronounced: na mi dinete maheri se pedi lei i parimia...ego tha elega oute exousia ston amorfoto anthropo)

English:

The saying says dont give a knife to a child...i say neither authority to an uneducated person.

My all time favourite concerning our social preferences

" Όμοιος ομίω αεί πελάζει " (Πολιτεία , Πλάτωνας)

Ancient greek from Plato meaning "Same people always socialise together".

there is either a solution to a problem therefor it is pointless to worry or there is no solution and it is pointless to worry about it........ ARISTOTLE....

A life unexamined is not worth living..... PLATO

Cast out an honest friend and you casr out
Your dearest treasure.
Time will teach
The the truth of this for time alone can prove the honest man: one day proclaims the sinner..... Creon SOPHOCLES theban play Oedipus Rex

Ïõ Öïíåõóéò.......


Ðáò ìçí Åëëéí Âáñâáñùí åóôé!

ahhh katalava ti les lol i cant read it can anyone else?!?!?!

To be fair , the second one should be "Ðáò ìç ¸ëëçí âÜñâáñïò"...

×ñéóôßíá äå ìðïñåßò íá äéáâÜóåéò, áñ÷áßá åëëçíéêÜ;

lol yeh i agree

Sorry i cant read any of the quotes..

good quotes im reading King Oedipus for english over the holidays it has some really good quotes in it.

Here is a quote to start the new year:


ΘΑΛΗΣ Ο ΜΙΛΗΣΙΟΣ- THALIS O MILISIOS (624-549 BC)


Ancient Greek:

ΑΣΦΑΛΕΣ ΤΟ ΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ ΑΣΑΦΕΣ ΤΟ ΜΕΛΛΟΝ

pronounced: Asfales to genomenon asafes to mellon

Modern Greek:



Βέβαιο είναι αυτό που έγινε, αυτό που θα γίνει δεν το γνωρίζει κανείς

pronounced: Vevio ine afto pou egine, afto pou tha gini den to gnorizi kanis


English:

Certain is that what has happened, that which has not happened is not recognised by anyone

okay dudes, im interested in getting a tat in Ancient or Classical Greek writing, but i want it to be short, with lots of meaning and i'd rather it be a quote form a Famous Greek

can u Hi Nrg or some1 else, pull out some quotes?

I will look into it mini.

Something short with lots of meaning...what a difficult task..

i have come up with the following...

ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ-ARCHIMEDES (287 BC -212 BC)

Ancient Greek

ΔΩΣ ΜΟΙ ΠΑ ΣΤΩ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΤΑΝ ΚΙΝΑΣΩ

Modern Greek

Δώσε μου μέρος να σταθώ και θα μετακινήσω τη γη.

English

Give me a place to support myself and i will move the earth.

i LOVE it!

shorty this is one of my favs

Cast out an honest friend and you casr out
Your dearest treasure.
Time will teach
The the truth of this for time alone can prove the honest man: one day proclaims the sinner..... Creon SOPHOCLES theban play Oedipus Rex

yes that is a good quote. i like it.

ANCIENT BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF LIFE ....


1. KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP BUT LOVE BUILDETH UP ...

2. REMEMBER YOUR LOVE ....

3. BE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE ...

4. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES ....

5. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF ...

who said those?

some of my favourites from epictetus

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Epicurus, Live today, forget the cares of the past

Pericles - “Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”

"A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill”

Plato - “It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

Epictetus - “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”