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13. ἐπεχείρησε μὲν γὰρ ἑαυτὸν διαχρήσασθαι, καὶ τάς τε γυναῖκας καὶ τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς λοιποὺς φαρμάκῳ προαπαλλάξας τὸ λοιπὸν ἐξέπιεν, οὐ μέντοι οὔτε 1 δι᾽ ἐκείνου 2 οὔτε διὰ ξίφους αὐτοχειρίᾳ [2] ἀποφθαρῆναι ἠδυνήθη. τό τε γὰρ φάρμακον, καίτοι θανάσιμον ὄν, οὐ συνεῖλεν αὐτόν, ἐπειδὴ πολλῇ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν προφυλακῇ ἀλεξιφαρμάκων ἐκεκράτυντο: καὶ ἡ τοῦ ξίφους πληγὴ διά τε τὴν τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπό τε τῆς ἡλικίας καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν περιεστηκότων ἀσθένειαν [p. 122] καὶ διὰ τὴν φαρμάκου ὁποιουδηποτοῦν 3 λῆψιν [3] ἀπημβλύνθη. ὡς οὖν οὔτε δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ἀνηλίσκετο καὶ πέρα τοῦ καιροῦ χρονίζειν ἐδόκει, προσέπεσόν τε αὐτῷ ἐκεῖνοι οὓς ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἐπεπόμφει, καὶ συνετάχυναν τοῖς ξίφεσι καὶ ταῖς λόγχαις τὸν [4] ὄλεθρον. Μιθριδάτης μὲν δὴ ποικιλωτάτῃ ἀεὶ καὶ μεγίστῃ τῇ τύχῃ χρησάμενος, οὐδὲ τὴν τελευτὴν τοῦ βίου ἁπλῆν ἔσχεν: ἐπεθύμησέ τε γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν μὴ βουλόμενος, καὶ αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι σπουδάσας οὐκ ἠδυνήθη, ἀλλὰ τοῦτο μὲν φαρμάκῳ τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ξίφει αὐθέντης τε ἅμα

1 ou)/te Bk., ou)de\ L.

2 di) e)kei/nou R. Steph., d' e)kei/nou L.

3 o(poioudhpotou=n R. Steph., o(/poi dh/ pot' ou)=n L.

Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.

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