ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
subs.
Ar. and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ, V. κομπός, ὁ (Eur., Phoen. 600).
