Chapter 16 of Alkibiades, a tale of the Great Athenian War is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Alkibiades, a tale of the Great Athenian War is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA. ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’ ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him. So he waited there for news from Athens. It was not long in coming.
Chapter 16 of Alkibiades, a tale of the Great Athenian War is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
From this reading “So he waited there for news from Athens.”
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’”
(Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid
(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
From this reading “‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.”
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading “‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’”
Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
From this reading “‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.”
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading “‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’”
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be successful; achieve a goal
In this reading “‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’”
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From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
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From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
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From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
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From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It was not long in coming.
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
(Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
set up or found
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
destroyed or killed
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was not long in coming.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
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From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It was not long in coming.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
information about recent and important events
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not long in coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
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From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
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From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
From this reading ‘Fortuna opes auferre, non animum, potest.’—SENECA.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading So he waited there for news from Athens.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not long in coming.
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading ‘Fortune may carry off our wealth, it cannot rob us of our daring.’
in the company of; together with
From this reading ON his return to Thurii Alkibiades found Kryptos had indeed gone and taken the _Eros_ with him.
Chapter 16 of Alkibiades, a tale of the Great Athenian War by Charles Hamilton Bromby holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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