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τῆς δὲ χρείας εὐθὺς ὅσον ἥμαρτε τὰς
μηχανὰς ἀπολιπὼν ἐξελεγχούσης, ὁμόσε χωρῶν
ἔχου πρὸς τὴν πόλιν χῶμα σχολῇ καὶ πολυπόνως
ἀνιστάμενον. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καταβαίνων στρατιᾷ
μεγάλῃ Φραάτης, ὡς ἤκουσε τὴν ἀπόλειψιν τῶν
μηχανοφόρων ἁμαξῶν, ἔπεμψε τῶν ἱππέων πολλοὺς
ἐπ᾽ αὐτάς, ὑφ᾽ ὧν περιληφθεὶς ὁ Στατιανὸς
ἀποθνήσκει μὲν αὐτός, ἀποθνήσκουσι δὲ μύριοι
τῶν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ. τὰς δὲ μηχανὰς ἑλόντες οἱ
βάρβαροι διέφθειραν. εἷλον δὲ παμπόλλους, ἐν
οἷς καὶ Πολέμων ἦν ὁ βασιλεύς.
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