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Doubtless he lay with his imation or cloak loosely wrapped round him; as he sprang to his feet he would throw it off, or it would fall off, and with the simple inner covering of the khiton to protect him, and arms free, he fell to chopping the wood, only half clad.
Anabasis 2007
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Doubtless he lay with his {imation} or cloak loosely wrapped round him; as he sprang to his feet he would throw it off, or it would fall off, and with the simple inner covering of the {khiton} to protect him, and arms free, he fell to chopping the wood, only half clad.
Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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