GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-eng2:335 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-eng2:335

a loathsome journey from their homes. What? I declare that the dead will do better than the captives; for when a city is subdued—ah, ah!—many and miserable are its sufferings.