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Besides doing this, when I could have obtained a great fortune he advised me to take a lesser one, so long as I felt sure of allying myself with people of an orderly and self-respecting character. So now I am married to the daughter of Critodemus of Alopece,1 who was killed by the Lacedaemonians after the sea-fight at the Hellespont.2
2 At Aegospotami, 405 B.C. After surprising the Athenian fleet (there was practically no “sea-fight”) Lysander executed 3000 Athenians who were captured.
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