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παρεῖναι τῆς
στρατείας καὶ καταλιπεῖν αὐτῷ γηροβοσκεῖν. 1 ὁ δὲ Ξέρξης ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς
τοῦτον μόνον, ὃν ἐξῃτήσατο, σφάξας καὶ
διατεμὼν ἐκέλευσε τὸν στρατὸν διελθεῖν, τοὺς δ᾽ ἄλλους ἐπηγάγετο, καὶ
πάντες ἀπώλοντο κατὰ τὰς μάχας. ἐφ᾽ οἷς ὁ Πύθης ἀθυμήσας ἔπαθεν
ὅμοια πολλοῖς τῶν κακῶν καὶ ἀνοήτων τὸν μὲν γὰρ θάνατον ἐφοβεῖτο, τῷ
βίῳ δ᾽ ἤχθετο. βουλόμενος δὲ μὴ ζῆν,
προέσθαι δὲ τὸ ζῆν δυνάμενος, χώματος ὄντος ἐν τῇ πόλει μεγάλου καὶ
ποταμοῦ διαρρέοντος, ὃν Πυθοπολίτην
1 γηροβοσκεῖν] γηροβοσκόν Cobetus
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