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What have I done? By Zeus of Olympus—I have given my hand in pledge to a Persian spy.” “ ‘A prince of Cyprus’—did you not hear me?” “Cerberus eat me if that man has seen Cyprus. No Cyprian is so blond. The man is Xerxes’s brother.” “We shall see, friend; we shall see: ‘Day by day we grow old, and day by day we grow wiser.’ So your own Solon puts it, I think.”
“But you and your Spartans?” “We will stay.” “Stay? A handful against a million? Do I hear aright? What can you do?” “Die.” “The gods forbid! Suicide is a fearful end. No man should rush on destruction. What requires you to perish?” “Honour.” “Honour! Have you not won glory enough by holding Xerxes’s whole power at bay two days? Is not your life precious to Hellas? What is the gain?”
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