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| ἠρώτων ἐκεῖνοι εἰ δοῖεν ἂν τούτων τὰ πιστά. οἱ δ’ ἔφασαν καὶ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν ἐθέλειν. |
| They asked if they would give oaths on this. They answered that they wanted to both give and take them. |
| Xenophon Anabasis 4.8 (243) |
| ὑμεῖς δὲ σκέψασθε ὅσον ἂν καὶ τοῦτο ἁμαρτάνοιτε Κλέωνι πειθόμενοι. |
| Only consider what a blunder you would commit in doing as Cleon recommends. |
| Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 3.47 (488) |
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