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πολιορκίᾳ σώματα, σατράπας δὲ ἀνελὼν συχνούς,
ἄλλον ἄλλο ἐπαιτιώμενος, τὸν μὲν ὅτι μὴ καρτερῶς
ἐπεποίητο τὰ χώματα, εἶξε δὲ καὶ ἐπεκλύσθη
παρὰ τῶν ποταμίων ῥευμάτων, τὸν δὲ ὡς φαύλως
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ἀγωνισάμενον ὑπὸ τοῖς τείχεσι, καὶ ἄλλους ἄλλας
ἐπάγων αἰτίας ἔκτεινεν. ἔστι γὰρ εὖ μάλα τοῖς
κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν βαρβάροις σύνηθες ἐς τοὺς
ὑπηκόους τὰς αἰτίας τῆς δυσπραγίας ἀποσκευάζεσθαι,
ὃ δὴ καὶ τότε δράσας ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο. καὶ
ἄγει πρὸς ἡμᾶς εἰρήνην ἐκ τούτου, καὶ οὔτε ὅρκων
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