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εἰ δὲ δεῖ καὶ
παραδοξότατον μὲν εἰπεῖν, ἀληθὲς δέ, ἐκεῖνοι νικῶντες ἀπέθανον. ἃ1 γὰρ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν.
ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀρετή, ταῦτ᾽ ἀμφότερα τοῖς τελευτήσασιν ὑπάρχει. ἔπειτα δ᾽
οὐδ᾽ οἷόν τ᾽ ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν ἡττῆσθαι τοὺς2 ταῖς διανοίαις μὴ πτήξαντας τὸν
τῶν ἐπιόντων φόβον. μόνους γὰρ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις καλῶς ἀποθνῄσκοντας
οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς ἡττῆσθαι δικαίως φήσειε: τὴν γὰρ δουλείαν φεύγοντες εὐκλεᾶ
θάνατον αἱροῦνται. ἐδήλωσε δ᾽ ἡ
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