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ἥξουσι πετόμενοι: ‘will wing their way.’ πετόμενοι leads up to κηφῆνας. τὸν μισθόν: ‘the pay,’ i.e. ‘the necessary pay’ (J. and C.). W. H. Thompson would omit τόν or replace it by μόνον: but insufficient pay would not attract mercenaries.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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