ὅτι κρεῖσσον ἡμᾶς ἀποθανεῖν ἐν πολέμῳ, ἢ ἐφιδεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ κακὰ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἁγίων.

1. ὅτι
   that
   because
2. κρεῖσσον
   better
3. ἡμᾶς
   us
4. ἀποθανεῖν
   to die
5. ἐν
   in
6. πολέμῳ
   war
7.  
   ,
    
8. ἢ
   the
   or
9. ἐφιδεῖν
   to look upon
10. ἐπὶ
    upon
11. τὰ
    the
12. κακὰ
    evils
13. τοῦ
    of the
    the
14. ἔθνους
    nation
15. ἡμῶν
    our
16. καὶ
    and
17. τῶν
    of the
18. ἁγίων
    holy
    holy things
19.  
    .
     

It is better for us to die in war than to look upon the evils of our nation and the holy things.