they proceeded to throw up an embankment against the city

From LSJ

ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

χῶμα ἔχουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν

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