Seeing the world in Greek

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  1. πρόσφατα
  2. ἄντλημα, ἀγγεῖον, φάτνη
  3. σοβῶν περιπατεῖ
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. τρία μεγάλα δένδρα
  2. ἄστρωτος (opp. ἑστρωμένη)
  3. ἁψὶς πολύχρωμος (ἡ -ῖδος)
  4. κατέναντι τῆς κομῆς
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. πυρρόν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς
  2. ὁμοιάζω τῷ στύλῳ τοῦ πυρὸς (στῦλος)
  3. πυρράζει ὁ οὐρανός
  4. αὐγή
  5. πάμφλεκτον
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. παρὰ τὴν λιμνὴν πνεῖ ὁ ἄνεμος
  2. στρέφει τὸ βακτήριον ὥστε τὸ φῶς κυκλεῖ
  3. διαφυλάσσει τὰ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν τειχέων
  4. τί νέον;
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. λωτός
  2. μικρὰ καλλωπιστικὰ ἄνθη
  3. ῥήξαντα κύματα ταράσσουσιν τὴν θάλασσαν
  4. ἔνδειξις - τὸ τὸ τό
  5. μόνος
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Τὸ ἡλικὸν σύστημα - ὁ ἥλιος σὺν τοῖς πλανήταις τοῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ περιστεφομένοις (κατὰ τὸ σημερινὸν ἡλιοκεντρικὸν σύστημα) / τοῖς δορυφοροῦσιν (κατὰ τὸ παλαιότερον γεωκεντρικὸν σύστημα)
  1. Ἑρμής
  2. Ἁφροδίτη
  3. Γῆ
  4. Ἄρης
  5. Ζώνη τῶν Ἀστεροειδῶν
  6. Ζεύς
  7. Κρόνος
  8. Οὐρανός
  9. Ποσειδῶν
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. ὁδός
  2. ἄγαλμα δράκοντος
  3. τροχὸς ὁ διαθησάμενος / διατιθῶν πολλὰ πτερύγια
  4. ἀναφέρουσιν τὸ ὕδωρ. κατὰ τὸ εἶδος τῶν πτερύγων
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. ὁ μικρὸς Σὰμ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ βιβλιοπωλείου
  2. τὸ παχνιάζειν. βλέψον τὴν ἀποκαυμένην πτερίν. τήκει
  3. φαύλως φυλάσσει ὁ κόκκινος
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. ἀσωτία
  2. συλλαβεῖν
  3. ἀνακρίνειν
  4. τίνα ἔχουσιν κατηγορίαν κατ’ αὐτοῦ;
  5. ἀνακαίνωσις
  6. ἀπέρχονται οἱ δεσμῶται εἰς κόλασιν ὀλιγοχρονίαν
[These are pictures I have found online using a google "labeled for re-use" image search]
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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  1. [The "hieroglyphs" are not written by some one who knows the language.]
  2. ἀσιτία
[These are pictures I have found online using a google "labeled for re-use" image search]
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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