οὐδὲ σωθῆναι, not even to return alive from the expedition (much less conquer): a freq. Attic sense of “σώζομαι”, as Xen. Anab. 3.1.6 “ὁ Ξενοφῶν ἐπήρετο τὸν Ἀπόλλω τίνι ἂν θεῶν θύων...ἄριστα ἔλθοι τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν ἐπινοεῖ, καὶ καλῶς πράξας σωθείη”.
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