τὴν μὲν δὴ Τροιζηνίην , τῆς ἦρχε Πρηξῖνος , αὐτίκα αἱρέουσι ἐπισπόμενοι οἱ βάρβαροι , καὶ ἔπειτα τῶν ἐπιβατέων αὐτῆς τὸν καλλιστεύοντα ἀγαγόντες ἐπὶ τῆς πρῴρης τῆς νεὸς ἔσφαξαν , διαδέξιον ποιεύμενοι τὸν εἷλον τῶν Ἑλλήνων πρῶτον καὶ κάλλιστον . τῷ δὲ σφαγιασθέντι τούτῳ οὔνομα ἦν Λέων · τάχα δʼ ἄν τι καὶ τοῦ οὐνόματος ἐπαύροιτο .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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