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[9] ὃ δὲ μαθών, σωτηρίαν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων αὐτομόλοις παρασχεῖν ὡς ἐν μεγίστῃ χάριτι δωρεᾶς τὸν Ῥωμαίων στρατηγὸν αἰτεῖται, καὶ τῆς ἀξιώσεώς γε τυχὼν ἐμφανὲς τῷ Ἀνατολίῳ καθίστησιν. ὃ δὲ αὐτίκα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν [p. 232] δεξάμενος, βουλὴν τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων συναγαγών, τὰ μὲν πρῶτα πάντας ἠξίου φιλικὴν δοῦναι Ῥωμαίοις δεξιάν, ὡς δ̓ ἀγριαίνοντας ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ συνεῖδεν, ‘ἀλλ̓ οὐ τούτῳ γε,’ φησίν, ‘ ἀντιλέξειν ποθ̓ ὑμᾶς οἴομαι, εἰ τοὺς περιττοὺς καὶ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς οὐδαμῇ χρησίμους, γραΐδας καὶ νήπια καὶ πρεσβύτας, ἐκδοῦναι πυλῶν ἔξω βαδίζειν ὅποι καὶ βούλοιντο, συμβουλεύσαιμι. τί γὰρ δὴ τούτους εἰς μάτην, ὅσον οὔπω τεθνηξομένους, παῤ ἑαυτοῖς ἔχομεν; τί δὲ τοὺς ἀναπήρους καὶ τὰ σώματα λελωβημένους τῷ λιμῷ κατατρύχομεν, τρέφειν δέον μόνους ἄνδρας καὶ νεανίας καὶ τὸν ἀναγκαῖον πυρὸν τοῖς ἐπὶ φυλακῇ τῆς πόλεως ἐπιτηδείοις ταμιεύεσθαι;’
Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History, Vol 1-2. Eusebius of Caesarea. Kirsopp Lake. J.E.L. Oulton. H.J. Lawlor. William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Press; Harvard University Press. London; New York; Cambridge, Mass. 1926-1932. Keyboarding.
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