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67 And surely no one could find grounds to praise the mildnessAn example of irony (litotes), a figure sparingly used by Isocrates. Cf. “outworn” in Isoc. 4.92. of the Thirty as against that of the people’s rule! For when the Thirty took over the city, by vote of the Assembly,Under duress. See Xen. Hell. 2.3.2. they put to death fifteen hundred AtheniansThe same number is given in Isoc. 20.11. without a trial and compelled more than five thousand to leave Athens and take refuge in the Piraeus,Only those enjoyed the franchise under the Thirty who were in the catalogue of the approved “three thousand.” See Isoc. 18.17. whereas when the exiles overcame them and returned to Athens under arms, these put to death only the chief perpetrators of their wrongs and dealt so generously and so justly by the restCf. Plat. Menex. 243e. that those who had driven the citizens from their homes fared no worse than those who had returned from exile.