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1 ἐπὶ2
Κόδρου γὰρ βασιλεύοντος Πελοποννησίοις γενομένης ἀφορίας κατὰ τὴν χώραν
αὐτῶν3 ἔδοξε στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡμῶν τοὺς
προγόνους ἐξαναστήσαντας κατανείμασθαι τὴν χώραν. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν εἰς Δελφοὺς
ἀποστείλαντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπηρώτων εἰ λήψονται4 τὰς Ἀθήνας: ἀνελόντος δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῖς ὅτι τὴν
πόλιν αἱρήσουσιν ἂν μὴ τὸν βασιλέα τὸν Ἀθηναίων Κόδρον ἀποκτείνωσιν,
ἐστράτευον ἐπὶ τὰς Ἀθήνας.
1 Suidas (s.v. Εὐγενέστερος) multa ex hac narratione citat.
4 λήψονται Suidas: ἐπιλήψονται codd.
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