ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
pretended: P. προσποιητός; see fictitious.
P. and V. μιμεῖσθαι; see imitate, parody.