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23. ὅτι Ἀστυάγης ὁ τῶν Μήδων βασιλεὺς ἡττηθεὶς καὶ
φυγὼν αἰσχρῶς δι᾽ ὀργῆς εἶχε τοὺς στρατιώτας: καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἐφ᾽
ἡγεμονιῶν τεταγμένους ἅπαντας ἀπαλλάξας, ἑτέρους ἀντ᾽ ἐκείνων
κατέστησε, τοὺς δὲ τῆς φυγῆς αἰτίους ἅπαντας ἐπιλέξας ἀπέσφαξε,
νομίζων τῇ τούτων τιμωρίᾳ τοὺς ἄλλους ἀναγκάσειν ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς
ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις γενέσθαι: ὠμὸς γὰρ ἦν καὶ φύσει ἀπηνής. οὐ μὴν
τὰ πλήθη κατεπλάγη αὐτοῦ τὴν βαρύτητα, ἀλλ᾽ ἕκαστος μισήσας τὸ
βίαιον καὶ παράνομον τῆς πράξεως μεταβολῆς ὠρέγετο. διὸ καὶ κατὰ
λόχους ἐγίνοντο συνδρομαὶ καὶ λόγοι ταραχώδεις, παρακαλούντων ἀλλήλους
τῶν πλείστων πρὸς τὴν κατὰ τούτου τιμωρίαν.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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