Zeus and the gods · Atlas

in the texts

Against CalliclesClassical · Greek

Divine powers invoked by the speaker in oaths, pleas, and rhetorical exclamations.

but give close heed, men of Athens, I beg you in the name of Zeus and the gods!

Do not, then, men of the jury, I beg you in the name of Zeus and the gods, leave me as the prey of these men, when I have done no wrong.

against callicles ¶

and since it is the custom of all of you to drain the water from your houses and lands into the road, and not, heaven knows, to let it flow in from the road, what need is there to say more?

against callicles ¶

On the ChersoneseClassical · Greek

Divine powers invoked in oaths, prayers, and emphatic appeals.

And what Philip would pray the gods to vouchsafe him, are some of us here trying to compass?

on the chersonese ¶

but for a slave necessity means stripes and bodily outrage, unfit to name here, from which Heaven defend us!

on the chersonese ¶

For tell me, in Heaven’s name, if the Greeks should call you to account for the opportunities that your carelessness has already thrown away, and should question you thus:

on the chersonese ¶