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ἡμεῖς δὲ Δία τε Ἑλλήνιον αἰδεσθέντες καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα δεινὸν ποιεύμενοι προδοῦναι οὐ καταινέσαμεν ἀλλ’ ἀπειπάμεθα, καίπερ ἀδικεόμενοι ὑπ’ Ἑλλήνων καὶ καταπροδιδόμενοι, ἐπιστάμενοί τε ὅτι κερδαλεώτερον ἐστὶ ὁμολογέειν τῷ Πέρσῃ μᾶλλον ἤ περ πολεμέειν· |
Based on our respect for Zeus, the god of the Greeks, and our belief that it was unacceptable to betray Greece, we did not agree but rejected his offer, even though we had been wronged and betrayed by the Greeks and even though we knew that it would be more profitable for us to support the Persians rather than oppose them. |
Herodotus 9.7 |
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