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ἀποθνῄσκουσί τε, καὶ αἰσχρῶς σῴζονται: vel pereunt, vel turpiter servantur. δἰ αὐτὸ τοῦτο: i.e. διὰ τὸ κακῶς ἔχειν τὰ σώματα. ἐὰν οὕτω τύχωσι: “if this (i.e. slavery) should happen to them.” ἐκτείσαντες: paying out, for their ransom. πλείω τῶν ὑπαρχόντων: more than their property amounted to. δοκοῦντες ἀποδειλιᾶν: having the reputation of being cowards.
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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