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καὶ σκέψασθ᾽ ὡς σφόδρ᾽ αὐτῷ συνήνεγκεν: δυστυχησάντων γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ προσβολῇ τῇ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν καὶ τῆς ἀναχωρήσεως οὐχ οἵας ἠβουλόμεθα γενομένης, τετρωμένον αὐτὸν καὶ βαδίζειν οὐ δυνάμενον ἀλλ᾽ ὀλιγοψυχοῦντα ἀπεκόμισ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ πλοῖον μετὰ τοῦ θεράποντος τοὐμαυτοῦ, φέρων ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων, ὥστ᾽ ἐκεῖνον πολλάκις καὶ πρὸς πολλοὺς εἰπεῖν ὅτι μόνος ἀνθρώπων αἴτιος εἴην αὑτῷ τῆς σωτηρίας.
Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.
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