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		<title>Euripides -- Medea [Μήδεια], l.  663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends There is no better greeting. [ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.] (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Medea, hail! for no man can devise Terms more auspicious to accost his friends. [tr. Wodhull (1782)] Medea, hail! When we salute our friends, No terms [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends<br />
There is no better greeting.</p>
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<p class="hangingindent">[ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον<br />
κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.]</p>
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<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Medea</i> [Μήδεια], l.  663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri/page/36/mode/2up?q=%22all+happiness+to%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0113%3Acard%3D663#:~:text=%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%2C%20%CF%87%CE%B1%E1%BF%96%CF%81%CE%B5%3A%20%CF%84%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CE%B4%CE%B5%20%CE%B3%E1%BD%B0%CF%81%20%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD%0A%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%CE%BF%E1%BD%90%CE%B4%CE%B5%E1%BD%B6%CF%82%20%CE%BF%E1%BC%B6%CE%B4%CE%B5%20%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B5%E1%BF%96%CE%BD%20%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82.">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations: <br><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hail! for no man can devise <br>
Terms more auspicious to accost his friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/nineteentragedi01wodhgoog/page/278/mode/2up?q=%22medea+hail%22">Wodhull</a> (1782)]   </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hail! When we salute our friends,<br>
No terms of higher honour can we use.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bacch%C3%A6_Ion_Alcestis_Medea_Hippolytu/L8tCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22medea%20hail%22">Potter</a> (1814)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hail; since sooth no fairer greeting<br>
Hath any known wherewith to reverence friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medea_(Webster_1868)#:~:text=Medea%2C%20hail%3B%20since,to%20reverence%20friends.">Webster</a> (1868)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>All hail, Medea! no man knoweth fairer prelude to the greeting of friends than this.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Plays_of_Euripides_(Coleridge)/Medea#:~:text=All%20hail%2C%20Medea!%20no%20man%20knoweth%20fairer%20prelude%20to%20the%20greeting%20of%20friends%20than%20this.">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hail! for no one hath known a more honorable salutation to address to friends than this.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15081/pg15081-images.html#MEDEA:~:text=Medea%2C%20hail!%20for%20no%20one%20hath%20known%20a%20more%20honorable%20salutation%20to%20address%20to%20friends%20than%20this.">Buckley</a> (1892)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hail! -- for fairer greeting-word<br>
None knoweth to accost his friends withal.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Euripides_(Way)/Medea#:~:text=Medea%2C%20hail!%E2%80%94for%20fairer%20greeting%2Dword%0ANone%20knoweth%20to%20accost%20his%20friends%20withal.">Way</a> (Loeb) (1894)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Have joy, Medea! 'Tis the homeliest<br>
Word that old friends can greet with, and the best.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35451/pg35451-images.html#:~:text=Have%20joy%2C%20Medea!%20%27Tis%20the%20homeliest%0AWord%20that%20old%20friends%20can%20greet%20with%2C%20and%20the%20best.">Murray</a> (1906)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, greeting! This is the best introduction <br>
Of which men know for conversation between friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-warner.ocr/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22medea+greeting%22">Warner</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, rejoice! There is no fairer greeting from friend to friend.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeafreelyadapt0000robi/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22medea+rejoice%22">Jeffers</a> (1946)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, I wish you well. No one knows <br>
How to address a better greeting to friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-podlecki_20220818/page/41/mode/2up?q=%22wish+you+well+no%22">Podlecki</a> (1989)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, I wish you joy: no one knows a better way than this to address a friend.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0114%3Acard%3D663#:~:text=Medea%2C%20I%20wish%20you%20joy%3A%20no%20one%20knows%20a%20better%20way%20than%20this%20to%20address%20a%20friend.">Kovacs</a> (Loeb) (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, I wish you joy. No one knows a finer prelude than this in addressing friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri_d3q9/page/68/mode/2up?q=%22wish+you+joy%22">Davie</a> (1996)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A joyful day to you, Medea. I give you the best greeting anyone can give to his friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wpcomstaging.com/euripides/medea/#:~:text=A%20joyful%20day%20to%20you%2C%20Medea.%20I%20give%20you%20the%20best%20greeting%20anyone%20can%20give%20to%20his%20friends.">Theodoridis</a> (2004)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, hello. For no one knows a better way <br>
than this to address friends and wish them well.<br> 
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/euripides-medea/#:~:text=Medea%2C%20hello.%5B28%5D%C2%A0For%20no%20one%20knows%20a%20better%20way%C2%A0%0Athan%20this%20to%20address%20friends%20and%20wish%20them%20well.%C2%A0">Luschnig</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I wish you all happiness, Medea.<br>
There is no better way to greet one’s friends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/medeahtml.html#:~:text=I%20wish%20you%20all%20happiness%2C%20Medea.%0AThere%20is%20no%20better%20way%20to%20greet%20one%E2%80%99s%20friends.">Johnston</a> (2008)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Medea, be of good fortune; no one can find a better way than this to greet a friend.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Euripides_Medea/kNBUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22medea%20be%20of%20good%20fortune%22">Ewans</a> (2022)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I wish you <em>kharis</em>, Medea! No one knows a finer beginning than this to address <em>philoi</em>.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/#:~:text=I%20wish%20you%20kharis%2C%20Medea!%20No%20one%20knows%20a%20finer%20beginning%20than%20this%20to%20address%20philoi.">Coleridge / Ceragioli / Nagy / Hour25</a>]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch.  4 &#8220;Eeyore Loses a Tail&#8221; (1926)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And how are you?&#8221; said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. &#8220;Not very how,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t seem to have felt at all how for a long time.&#8221;]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">&#8220;And how are you?&#8221; said Winnie-the-Pooh.<br />
<span class="tab">Eeyore shook his head from side to side.<br />
<span class="tab">&#8220;Not very how,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t seem to have felt at all how for a long time.&#8221;</p>
<br><b>A. A. Milne</b> (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]<br><i>Winnie-the-Pooh</i>, ch.  4 &#8220;Eeyore Loses a Tail&#8221; (1926) 
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