Dialogue

 1 Menex|       of freedom, and against barbarians in the common interest of
 2 Menex|     received the onset of the barbarians at Marathon, and chastened
 3 Menex|    which they gained over the barbarians first taught other men that
 4 Menex|      possible to ward off the barbarians by land, the many by the
 5 Menex|      Hellenes not to fear the barbarians at sea, and the others not
 6 Menex|      still on the side of the barbarians, and there was a report
 7 Menex|     drove and purged away all barbarians from the sea. These were
 8 Menex|    And so the war against the barbarians was fought out to the end
 9 Menex|      of Hellas; but that with barbarians they should war to the death.
10 Menex|       the former war with the barbarians, that their doubts had no
11 Menex| allied in the war against the barbarians. After the peace there followed
12 Menex|   hosts, both of Hellenes and barbarians, were united against Athens.
13 Menex|      was that she forgave the barbarians, who had severely suffered
14 Menex|    made common cause with the barbarians, depriving her of the ships
15 Menex|      by one another or by the barbarians, and did accordingly. This
16 Menex|     Danaus, who are by nature barbarians, and yet pass for Hellenes,
17 Menex|      of giving up Hellenes to barbarians. And we were in the same