List of Classical Greek phrases

A hoplite could not escape the field of battle unless he tossed away the heavy and cumbersome shield.

Therefore, "losing one's shield" meant desertion.

(Plutarch, Moralia, 241) ψυχῆς ἰατρεῖον

The School of Athens . Fresco by Raphael (1510–1511)
Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει
"A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw"
Papyrus, dated 75–125 A.D. describing one of the oldest diagrams of Euclid's Elements
Aἰὲν ἀριστεύειν motto, Depicted on engraving at the Boston College
Julius Caesar paused on the banks of the Rubicon .
"Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι" — Diogenes the Cynic — in a 1763 painting by Jacques Gamelin
ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ ; Pump Room at Bath
From a ca 500 BC vase depicting writing with stylus and folding wax tablet
Athenian tetradrachm depicting goddess Athena (obverse) and owl (reverse); in daily use, Athenian drachmas were called glaukai, "owls" [ 5 ]
Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot , ( Jean-Simon Berthélemy )
Deimos and Phobos
Δεῖμος καὶ Φόβος
ΔΙΠΛΟΥΝ ΟΡΩΣΙΝ ΟΙ ΜΑΘΟΝΤΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ
Eagle carrying a snake in its talons
Helmet of an Athenian hoplite uncovered from the tomb at the Battle of Marathon
Archimedes , portrait by Domenico Fetti , (1620)
370 BC copy of marble statue of Plato
Maniot flag: Νίκη ἢ Θάνατος — ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς "Victory or Death : Either With Your Shield or On It"
Θάλαττα, θάλαττα — "The Sea! The Sea!" — painting by Granville Baker; from a 1901 issue of LIFE magazine
ΙΧΘΥΣ: Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σωτήρ
Marcus Junius Brutus
Diagoras of Rhodes carried in the stadium by his two sons
Silver medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics , with a quote from Pindar
Archimedes : Μὴ μοῦ τοὺς κύκλους τάραττε
Painting of Pheidippides as he gave word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon to the people of Athens, by Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869
Trireme during the Persian Wars
οἶνοψ πόντος — wine dark sea
Charon's obol . 5th-1st century BC. All of these pseudo-coins have no sign of attachment, are too thin for normal use, and are often found in burial sites.
Odysseus , Sperlonga sculptures
Kotinos , the prize for the winner at the Ancient Olympic Games
Rosy-fingered Dawn
Aristarchus's third century BC calculations on the relative sizes of the Earth, Sun, and Moon, from a tenth-century CE Greek copy
Oedipus and the sphinx , on an Attic red-figure kylix
The Phoenician alphabet as used on the Mesha Stele (the Moabite Stone)
The Ancient Library of Alexandria
Epitaph at the Thermopylae