Античный театр, куклы и косвенная речь с приказаниями

For example: “Sit down,” he said to me. → He told me to sit down.

For example: Higgins was a professor of phonetics. He taught a flower girl, Eliza, to speak well. Pickering paid for the lessons. Eliza was hurt by Higgins’s manners.

For example: 500 BC → 2526 years ago; 400 BC → 2426; 300 BC → 2326; 200 BC → 2226 (from 2026).

For example: The elderly need respect. The homeless need shelter. The sick need care. The talented deserve a chance.