Xenophon Hellenica 2.3.50

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ὡς δʼ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἐπαύσατο, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ δήλη ἐγένετο εὐμενῶς ἐπιθορυβήσασα, γνοὺς ὁ Κριτίας ὅτι εἰ ἐπιτρέψοι τῇ βουλῇ διαψηφίζεσθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ἀναφεύξοιτο, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ βιωτὸν ἡγησάμενος, προσελθὼν καὶ διαλεχθείς τι τοῖς τριάκοντα ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐπιστῆναι ἐκέλευσε τοὺς τὰ ἐγχειρίδια ἔχοντας φανερῶς τῇ βουλῇ ἐπὶ τοῖς δρυφάκτοις.

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.) — 2.3.50 focus

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When with these words he ceased speaking and the Senate had shown its good will by applause, Critias, realizing that if he should allow the Senate to pass judgment on the case, Theramenes would escape, and thinking that this would be unendurable, went and held a brief consultation with the Thirty, and then went out and ordered the men with the daggers to take their stand at the railing¹ in plain sight of the Senate.

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