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We have resisted for nearly eight months; two-thirds of the city no longer exists. We have done enough to demonstrate before heaven and before man how Saguntum fulfills her oaths." The Greek bowed his head, convinced by Alcon's arguments. "Moreover the valor of the city is breaking down," continued the Elder. "Faith is dying. The omens are all against us.
Here was AEtion's cedar statue of AEsculapius, much decayed, and Alcon's iron statue of Hercules, lamentably rusted. Here was the statue of Victory, six feet high, which the Jupiter Olympus of Phidias had held in his hand. Here was a forefinger of the Colossus of Rhodes, seven feet in length.
You scorn force, and you worship intelligence and the arts of peace." "The strong arm is as valuable as the head in which Zeus kindled the divine spark." "Yes, but that arm impels the head to death." Actæon was impatient at Alcon's words. "Do you know Mopsus the archer?" "There he is, near the temple of Hercules. You may recognize him by his weapons, which he never lays aside.
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