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ἐγὼ μὲν ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐκώκυον, ὁ δὲ λαβὼν τὰ ὅπλα τὰ μὲν ἄλλα περιεδήσατο, τὸ κράνος δὲ
οὐκ ἐπέθηκεν,^: ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ γυμνῆς τῆς κεφαλῆς καταστὰς ἐμάχετο. καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τιτρώσκεται αὐτός, καμπύλῳ τῷ ξίφει ὑποτμηθεὶς τὴν ἰγνύαν, ὥστε αἷμα ἔρρει πολύ: ἐγὼ δὲ προετεθνήκειν ἤδη τῷ δέει. θρασύτερον δὲ
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ἐπιφερόμενον τηρήσας τὸν ἀντίπαλον παίει εἰς τὸ στέρνον καὶ διήλασεν, ὥστε αὐτίκα ἐπεπτώκει πρὸ τοῖν ποδοῖν αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ κάμνων καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος ἐπεκάθιζε τῷ νεκρῷ, καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ προσδραμὼν ἀνέστησα καὶ παρεμυθησάμην. ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀφεῖτο ἤδη νενικηκώς, ἀράμενος αὐτὸν ἐκόμισα εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ θεραπευθεὶς ἐπέζησε μὲν καὶ ἔστι μέχρι νῦν ἐν Σκύθαις, γήμας τὴν ἐμὴν
ἀδελφὴν χωλὸς δ᾽ ἐστιν ὅμως ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος. τοῦτο, ὦ Μνήσιππε, οὐκ ἐν Μάχλυσιν οὐδὲ
ἐν Ἀλανίᾳ ἐγένετο, ὡς ἀμάρτυρον εἶναι καὶ ἀπιστεῖσθαι δύνασθαι, ἀλλὰ πολλοὶ πάρεισιν Ἀμαστριανῶν μεμνημένοι τὴν μάχην τοῦ Σισίννου.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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