Xenophon Hellenica 1.6.8

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[8] κἀκεῖθεν πέμψας τριήρεις εἰς Λακεδαίμονα ἐπὶ χρήματα, ἐκκλησίαν ἁθροίσας τῶν Μιλησίων τάδε εἶπεν.
ἐμοὶ μέν, ὦ Μιλήσιοι, ἀνάγκη τοῖς οἴκοι ἄρχουσι πείθεσθαι· ὑμᾶς δὲ ἐγὼ ἀξιῶ προθυμοτάτους εἶναι εἰς τὸν πόλεμον διὰ τὸ οἰκοῦντας ἐν βαρβάροις πλεῖστα κακὰ ἤδη ὑπʼ αὐτῶν πεπονθέναι.

Hellenica. Xenophon. Oxford. 1900.

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Ἑλληνικά (Greek) (Xenophon. Xenophontis Opera Omnia, Vol. 1. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900.)

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Hellenica Perseus (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 1-2. Brownson, Carleton L., editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918-1921.) — 1.6.8 focus

[8] and after despatching triremes from there to Lacedaemon to get money, he gathered the Milesians in assembly and spoke as follows:
Upon me, men of Miletus, lies the necessity of obeying the authorities at home; and as for you, I claim that you should show the utmost zeal in this war, because you dwell among barbarians and in the past have suffered very many ills at their hands.

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