Cognitoque eum iam pridem repertum, in villa propria custodiri, ipse tamquam capita sontium Aginatium, pariterque Anepsiam horrore medio tenebrarum audire disposuit, quo tempore hebetari solent obstrictae terroribus mentes: ut inter innumera multa, Aiax quoque Homericus docet, optans perire potius luce, quam pati formidinis augmenta nocturnae.
And on learning that Aginatius had long since been found, and was under guard in his own villa, he arranged personally to examine him, and Anepsia as well, as the chief of the guilty persons, in the midst of the horrors of night, when mens minds are commonly dulled in the bonds of terrors: as among countless other instances is shown by Homers Ajax, who wished rather to die by daylight than endure the additional suffering of dread by night.
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