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severe, and that many of our acquaintance have lost their lives in it.Then the report, I replied, is pretty near the truth.You were present, he asked, at the fighting?I was present.Then sit down here, he said, and give us a full account; for as yet we have had no clear report of it all. And with that he led me to a seat by Critias, son of Callaeschrus. So I sat down there and greeted Critias and the rest, and gave them all the news from the battlefield, in answer to their various questions; each had his inquiry to make.
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