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κοὐκ αἰσχυνοῦμαι δῆτ’, ἐὰν δή τις λέγῃ·
“Τί δεῦρ’ ἀφίκεσθ’ ἱκεσίοισι σὺν κλάδοις
αὐτοὶ φιλοψυχοῦντες; ἔξιτε χθονός·”
Will I not be ashamed if someone says
"Why have you come here with your suppliant branches
you cowards? Leave this land!"?
Euripides Children of Heracles 517-19

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