Et ipse quidem Sisimithres deditionem non abnuebat, ceterum mater eademque coniunx morituram se ante denuntians quam in ullius veniret potestatem, barbari animum ad honestiora quam tutiora converterat, pudebatque libertatis maius esse apud  feminas quam apud viros pretium.
And Sisimithres for his part was not disinclined to surrender, but his mother, who was also his wife, declaring that she would die rather than come into the power of any other, turned the mind of the barbarian to what was more honourable than safe, and he felt ashamed that freedom was more highly valued among the women than among the  men.
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