Lysias, For The Soldier, W.R.M. Lamb (Translator), 5

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[5] In my perplexity I consulted one of our citizens as to the measures that I should take: I was told that they even threatened to put me in prison, on the ground that Polyaenus had been as long a time in residence as Callicrates.¹

For The Soldier. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.

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[5] ἡσυχίαν δʼ εἶχον. ἀπορούμενος δὲ καὶ συμβουλευόμενός τινι τῶν πολιτῶν τί χρήσωμαι τῷ πράγματι, ἐπυθόμην ὡς καὶ δήσειν με ἀπειλοῖεν, λέγοντες ὅτι οὐδὲν ἐλάττω χρόνον Καλλικράτους Πολύαινος ἐνδημοίη.

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1. Apparently Polyaenus had complained that a man named Callicrates, who had not been enlisted, had enjoyed a longer leave at home than himself.

Lysias For The Soldier 5

W.R.M. Lamb (Translator)

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