For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow; it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

ἀντὶ δὲ πληγῆς φονίας φονίαν πληγὴν τινέτω.
"δράσαντι παθεῖν", τριγέρων μῦθος τάδε φωνεῖ.

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