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Lavrentivs
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Pl. Ap. 24b4:

αὕτη ἔστω ἱκανή ἀπολογία πρὸς ὑμᾶς: πρὸς δὲ Μέλητον ..

Let this apology before you be sufficient; but against Meletum ..

Here two occurrences of πρός with only one word separating them is used in two different senses. My quæstion: is this a figure of speech with a Greek name?

(How does one produce an ἄνω τελεία (upper dot) in Windows?)

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To make an interpunct, type ALT+0183. It·will·give·you·little·dots·like·this.

I am not sure about whether there is a play in words at this point of the Apology. Suppose Socrates had said (in English)

Let this apology be enough for you; as for Meletus...

This sounds to me like ordinary prose. The double use of "for" in close proximity to one another doesn't seem remarkable.

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τὸ μὲν οὖν τούτου τοῦ σκήματος ὄνομα οὐκ οἶδα. οἱ μὲν Βρεττανικοὶ οὕτως λαλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες συχνοτέρως.

{ I’m not sure if there is a name for this or not. I agree with Cheiromancer that we do this in English, but it seems to me that it occurs more often in Greek. }
οὐ μανθάνω γράφειν, ἀλλὰ γράφω τοῦ μαθεῖν.

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Lavrentivs wrote:Pl. Ap. 24b4:
How does one produce an ἄνω τελεία (upper dot) in Windows?
If you use polytonic greek keyboard in Windows, press AltGr+Shift+]
And that will be the very ἄνω τελεία, not something like ἄνω τελεία
I'm Russian-speaking and I learn both Ancient Greek and English, but I speak Greek better than English, so I write in Greek.
Ῥωσικὸς ὤν τῇ φωνῇ μανθάνω μὲν Ἑλληνικήν τε καὶ Βρεττανικὴν γλῶσσαν, ἐπίσταμαι δὲ τὴν Ἑλληνικὴν ἄμεινον, τούτου ἕνεκα ἑλληνιστὶ γράφω.
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