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
βοτᾰνα 1 pasture βοτάνα τέ νίν ποθ' ἁ λέοντος νικάσαντ ἤρεφε i. e. of the Nemean lion (N. 6.42)