Clearchus spoke, and his words were few; "Conquerors do not, as a rule, give up their arms." (tr. H. G. Dakyns, 1890)
Κλέαρχος τοσοῦτον εἶπεν ὅτι οὐ τῶν νικώντων εἴη τὰ ὅπλα παραδιδόναι.
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