Insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been judged innocent, them he condemned to death.
with the result that he acquitted Menelaus, the true cause of all the trouble, while condemning to death those poor men who, had they pleaded their case even before Scythians, would have been declared innocent.
