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"word": "ἐπειδή"
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"(of time) after, after that, since, when",
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.2"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.8"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.68"
},
{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 40"
},
{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 15"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.117"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.458"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.3"
},
{
"text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1354"
},
{
"text": "413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 260"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.1"
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{
"text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 42"
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.5.27"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.238"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.764"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.23"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.153"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 16"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.29"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.412"
},
{
"text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 34"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.221"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.409"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.34"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.86"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.478"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1225"
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{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1025"
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"text": "425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1175"
},
{
"text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 983"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.153"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Fractures 6"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.412"
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{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 516A"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.227"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.105"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.14"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.9"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.55"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.38"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 59D"
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{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315B"
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.2.27"
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.5.18"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.21"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.80"
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{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 619C"
},
{
"text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 174D"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.10"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.150"
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.2.6"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.22"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1284A.40"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 3.2.4"
},
{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 1.35"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 310C"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus 41"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 325C"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.426"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.57"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.4"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.9"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.90"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.119"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.153"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.278"
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{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.16"
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.4"
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"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.80"
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"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 335C"
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"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1037"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.228"
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{
"text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 49"
},
{
"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 948"
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{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.29"
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{
"text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 433"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.7.14"
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{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 352"
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{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 969"
},
{
"text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 390"
},
{
"text": "422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 73"
},
{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 473E"
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{
"text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 688"
},
{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 7.5"
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{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 214"
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{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 139"
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"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.111"
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"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 335C"
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{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 333C"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 317A"
},
{
"text": "400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 19E"
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{
"text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 187A"
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{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1121A.19"
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.185"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.352"
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{
"text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 171"
},
{
"text": "480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 181"
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{
"text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 955"
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{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 77D"
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{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 29"
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{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 631"
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{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 87C"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.9"
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{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 923"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.18"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.169"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.276"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.447"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.181"
},
{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 822"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 75"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 114D"
},
{
"text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 437"
},
{
"text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 495"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.18"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 433"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.379"
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{
"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 446"
}
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{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
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{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
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{
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{
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.2"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.8"
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{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.68"
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{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 40"
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{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 15"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.117"
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],
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.458"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.3"
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{
"text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1354"
},
{
"text": "413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 260"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.1"
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{
"text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 42"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.5.27"
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],
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"after, after that, since, when"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.238"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.764"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.23"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.153"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 16"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.29"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.412"
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{
"text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 34"
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],
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"after, after that, since, when",
"(with subjunctive, ἄν (án) often being added)"
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"after"
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[
"since",
"since"
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"when"
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"ἄν",
"ἄν#Ancient Greek"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.221"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.409"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.34"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.86"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.478"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1225"
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{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1025"
}
],
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"after, after that, since, when",
"(with subjunctive, ἄν (án) often being added)",
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"after"
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[
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{
"text": "425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1175"
},
{
"text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 983"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.153"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Fractures 6"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.412"
}
],
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{
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{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 516A"
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.227"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.105"
}
],
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.14"
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{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.9"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.3.55"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.38"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 59D"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315B"
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],
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.2.27"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.5.18"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.21"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.80"
}
],
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"(with optative, without ἄν (án))"
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{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 619C"
},
{
"text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 174D"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.10"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.150"
}
],
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"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.2.6"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.22"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1284A.40"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 3.2.4"
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{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 1.35"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 310C"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus 41"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 325C"
}
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[
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[
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"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.426"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.57"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.4"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.9"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.90"
}
],
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[
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.119"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.153"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.278"
},
{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 4.16"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.3.4"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.80"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 335C"
},
{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 854"
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],
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],
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],
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],
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},
{
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{
"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1037"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.228"
},
{
"text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 49"
},
{
"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 948"
},
{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.29"
},
{
"text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 433"
},
{
"text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.7.14"
},
{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 352"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 969"
},
{
"text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 390"
},
{
"text": "422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 73"
},
{
"text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 473E"
},
{
"text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 688"
},
{
"text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 7.5"
},
{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 214"
},
{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 139"
}
],
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{
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"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 353A"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.111"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.93"
}
],
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],
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"tags": [
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},
{
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{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 335C"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 333C"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 317A"
},
{
"text": "400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 19E"
},
{
"text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 187A"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1121A.19"
}
],
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],
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"since"
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],
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},
{
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{
"text": "399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 4C"
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],
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],
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[
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"since"
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[
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],
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},
{
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{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.185"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.352"
},
{
"text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 171"
},
{
"text": "480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 181"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 955"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 77D"
},
{
"text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 29"
},
{
"text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 631"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 87C"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.9"
},
{
"text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 923"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.18"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.169"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.276"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.447"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.181"
},
{
"text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 822"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 75"
},
{
"text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 114D"
},
{
"text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 437"
},
{
"text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 495"
},
{
"text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.18"
},
{
"text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 433"
},
{
"text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.379"
},
{
"text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 446"
}
],
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],
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"since"
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],
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{
"ipa": "/e.pěː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/e.pěː/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈpi/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "ἐπεί"
}
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