ε1061Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Kleon is harking back to the events at Pylos and Sphacteria. It was the custom to dedicate the arms [captured] from wars in the temples. So as long, he is saying, as the arms from Pylos and Sphacteria which I dedicated…
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον, ὥστε ἁπαξάπαντας τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἐπιστομίζειν, ἕως ἂν ᾖ τῶν ἀσπίδων τῶν ἐκ Πύλου τι λοιπόν· θρυλεῖ πάλιν ὁ Κλέων τὰ περὶ Πύλον καὶ…
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