μὴ κατ᾽ ἀνάγκην—unnecessarily. Cf. οὐ δι᾽ ὀλίγου below. How is the difierence of neg. accounted for?
φεύγοντας φεύγουσιν—traductio, for the sake of heightening the contrast.
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