they proceeded to throw up an embankment against the city

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Τὰ πλεῖστα θνητοῖς τῶν κακῶν αὐθαίρετα → Ab ipsis fere parantur mala mortalibus → Von Sterblichen ist selbstgewählt das meiste Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 499

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν

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