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Every one agrees that these won as complete a victory in battle over all the forces of the King as if they had come to blows with their womenfolk, but that at the very moment when they seemed to be masters of the field they failed of success, owing to the impetuosity of Cyrus. For he in his exultation rushed in pursuit far in advance of the others; and, being caught in the midst of the enemy, was killed.

1 See Isoc. 4.145-149, where the same episode is used to the same point in similar language.

Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 156
Cross-references to this page (1):
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
Cross-references in notes to this page (3):
- Isocrates, Panegyricus, Isoc. 4 145
- Isocrates, On the Peace, Isoc. 8 98
- Isocrates, Letters, To Philip, I
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (1):
- LSJ, προπέτ-εια

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