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The next consideration was,—“What am I to do
with Cleomenes? Can I put those men to death whom I placed under his command, and
spare him whom I placed in command and authority over them? Can I punish those men
who followed Cleomenes, and pardon Cleomenes who bade them fly with him, and follow
him? Can I be severe to those men who had vessels not only devoid of crews, but
devoid of decks, and be merciful to him who was the only man who had a decked ship,
and whose ship, too, was not stripped bare like those of the others?”
Cleomenes must die too. What signify his promises? what do the curses that he will
heap on him? what do the pledges of friendship and mutual embraces? what does that
comradeship in the service, of a woman on that most luxurious sea-shore signify? It
was utterly impossible that Cleomenes could be spared. He summons Cleomenes.
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