"Am' epos, am' ergon", "speude bradeos", "o gegone gegone", "chronou feidou", "de facto", "casus belli", "mea culpa", "a priori", "incognito".

The purpose of this book is to provide, as much as possible, a comprehensive record of expressions from ancient Greek and Latin literature that we use in our speech today, as well as to highlight the parallel development of ancient thought with modern Greek in terms of linguistic expression and philosophy.