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89. τοσούτου δὲ πλήθους ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν
παίδων ἐκλιπόντων τὴν πόλιν ἄφνω πολὺς οἶκτος καὶ δάκρυα κατεῖχε
τὰς οἰκίας. ἅμα γὰρ ὁ τῶν πολεμίων ἐξέπληττε φόβος, ἅμα δὲ διὰ
τὴν σπουδὴν ἠναγκάζοντο καταλιπεῖν εἰς διαρπαγὴν τοῖς βαρβάροις ταῦτ᾽
ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἑαυτοὺς ἐμακάριζον: ἀφαιρουμένης γὰρ τῆς τύχης τὴν
ἐξουσίαν τῶν οἴκοι καλῶν, ἀγαπητὸν ἡγοῦντο τὰ σώματα γοῦν αὑτῶν
διασῶσαι.
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οὐ μόνον δὲ τῆς τοιαύτης
πόλεως εὐδαιμονίαν παρῆν ὁρᾶν ἀπολειπομένην, ἀλλὰ καὶ σωμάτων
πλῆθος. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐν ἀρρωστίαις ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκείων περιεωρῶντο, τῆς
καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν σωτηρίας ἑκάστου φροντίζοντος, οἱ δὲ ταῖς ἡλικίαις ἤδη
προβεβηκότες ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ γήρως ἀσθενείας κατελείποντο: πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ
τὴν ἀλλαγὴν τῆς πατρίδος θανάτου τιμώμενοι τὰς χεῖρας ἑαυτοῖς
προσήνεγκαν, ὅπως ταῖς πατρῴαις οἰκίαις ἐναποπνεύσωσιν.
[3]
οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξιὸν
πλῆθος οἱ στρατιῶται μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων παρέπεμπον εἰς τὴν Γέλαν: ἡ δ᾽
ὁδὸς καὶ πάντα τὰ πρὸς τὴν Γελῴαν ἀποκεκλιμένα τῆς χώρας μέρη
ἔγεμε γυναικῶν καὶ παίδων ἀναμὶξ παρθένοις, αἳ τὴν συνήθη τρυφὴν
εἰς ὁδοιπορίαν σύντονον καὶ κακοπάθειαν ὑπεράγουσαν μεταβαλλόμεναι
διεκαρτέρουν, τοῦ φόβου τὰς ψυχὰς ἐντείνοντος.
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οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἀσφαλῶς διασωθέντες εἰς Γέλαν
ὕστερον εἰς Λεοντίνους κατῴκησαν, Συρακοσίων αὐτοῖς δόντων τὴν
πόλιν ταύτην οἰκητήριον.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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