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[129d] And moreover, in regard to the Sicilian business,1 many will tell you what I said about the destruction of the army. As to bygones, you may hear from those who know: but there is an opportunity now of testing the worth of what the sign says. For as the handsome Sannio was setting out on campaign, the sign occurred to me, and he has gone now with Thrasyllus on an expedition bound for Ephesus and Ionia.2 I accordingly expect him to be either killed or brought very near it, and I have great fears for our force as a whole.


1 The disastrous Sicilian expedition of 415-413 B.C. Cf. Thuc. vi. and vii.

2 409 B.C., when Thrasyllus succeeded in recovering Colophon for Athens. He was one of the commanders put to death by the Athenians after the battle of Arginusae, 406 B.C.

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