at illo dicente mandatu se civitatis propylaea Minervae, quae sunt ianuae arcis, aedificasse, consumptaque in id opus ingenti pecunia non invenire quo pacto ministerii rationem redderet, atque ideo conflictari, ergo inquit quaere potius quemadmodum rationem non reddas.
Pericles told him that as commissioned by the state he had built the propylaea of Minerva (that is, the doorway to the citadel) and that having spent a vast sum on the work he could not think how to render an account of his stewardship; hence his distress. Well then, said his nephew, look instead for a way not to render an account.
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