# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 10.3

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XI, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/10.3

εἰ μὲν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔμεινεν ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς σκηνῆς, ῥᾳδίως ἂν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀνῄρητο καὶ ὁ πόλεμος ἅπας ταχείας ἂν ἐτετεύχει καταλύσεως· νῦν δʼ ὁ μὲν Ξέρξης ἦν ἐκπεπηδηκὼς πρὸς τὴν ταραχήν, οἱ δʼ Ἕλληνες εἰσπεσόντες εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοὺς ἐγκαταληφθέντας ἐν αὐτῇ σχεδὸν ἅπαντας ἐφόνευσαν.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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