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Need I cite any more
instances? Who is there found among all the records of Greece (which are richer in fine
stories than in great actions) if you only forget Ajax and the plays of the tragedians, who of
his own accord, as the poet says, being “
A conqueror all unused to infamy
Would not survive defeat,
” except Themistocles the Athenian who did put himself to death?
Would not survive defeat,
” except Themistocles the Athenian who did put himself to death?
