This is what they said, and Gelon, speaking very vehemently, said in response to this: “Men of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, it is with a self-seeking plea that you have dared to come here and invite me to be your ally against the foreigners; yet what of yourselves?
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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