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μετὰ δὲ τὴν Ἄγιδος ἧτταν, ὁμήρους αἰτοῦντος Ἀντιπάτρου πεντήκοντα παῖδας, Ἐτεοκλῆς ἐφορεύων εἶπε παῖδας μὲν οὐ δώσειν, ἵνα μὴ ἀπαίδευτοι [p. 177] γένωνται, τῆς πατρίου ἀγωγῆς; ἀτευκτήσαντες: οὐδὲ πολῖται γὰρ ἂν εἴησαν: πρεσβύτας δ᾽ ἢ γυναῖκας, εἰ βούλοιτο, διπλασίους δώσειν ἀπειλοῦντος; δ᾽ αὐτοῦ δεινά, εἰ μὴ λάβοι, ἀπεκρίναντο κοινῇ ‘ἐὰν χαλεπώτερα θανάτου ἐπιτάττῃς, εὐκολώτερον ἀποθανούμεθα.’
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