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Translation of a quote from English to Greek

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:53 pm
by keppa2
Allegedly Phillip II once said to Alexander ''My son, ask for yourself another kingdom, for Macedonia is too small for you''. Or something along those lines. My question is: What is the original Greek version of this quote? Like, how was it written in Greek?

Re: Translation of a quote from English to Greek

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:45 am
by agesilaos
The quote is Plutarch Alexander 6 v and the Greek is
‘ὦ παῖ,’ φάναι, ‘ζήτει σεαυτῷ βασιλείαν ἴσην Μακεδονία γάρ σε οὐ χωρεῖ’

Re: Translation of a quote from English to Greek

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:05 pm
by keppa2
Thank you very much!