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[5] And since the troops at Samos gave him a friendly welcome, he discussed with them the matter of his return from exile, offering promises to render many services to the fatherland; and in like manner he defended his own conduct and shed many tears over his own fortune, because he had been compelled by his enemies to give proof of his own valour at the expense of his native land.1

1 According to Thucydides (Thuc. 8.81) this meeting between Alcibiades and the Athenian fleet took place before the naval battle.

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