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... asked for a good system of laws answered that the god gives him what will prove by far the best of all constitutions . Elated by this he collected the leading men and begged them to help him , first by talking privately to his own ...
... asked for a good system of laws answered that the god gives him what will prove by far the best of all constitutions . Elated by this he collected the leading men and begged them to help him , first by talking privately to his own ...
Page 79
... asked his host whether the trees grew square in that country . A third rhetra of Lykurgus is mentioned , which forbids the Spartans to make war frequently with the same people , lest by constant practice they too should become warlike ...
... asked his host whether the trees grew square in that country . A third rhetra of Lykurgus is mentioned , which forbids the Spartans to make war frequently with the same people , lest by constant practice they too should become warlike ...
Page 82
... asked by a ager what was done to adulterers among them , werel , " Stranger , there are no adulterers with us . " " And if there were one ? " asked the 82.
... asked by a ager what was done to adulterers among them , werel , " Stranger , there are no adulterers with us . " " And if there were one ? " asked the 82.
Page 83
Plutarch. " And if there were one ? " asked the stranger . " Then , " said Geradas , " he would have to pay as compensation a bull big enough to stand on Mount Täygetus and drink from the river Eurotas . " The stranger , astonished , asked ...
Plutarch. " And if there were one ? " asked the stranger . " Then , " said Geradas , " he would have to pay as compensation a bull big enough to stand on Mount Täygetus and drink from the river Eurotas . " The stranger , astonished , asked ...
Page 86
... asked why ho ordained crifices to be so small and cheap , he answered , " It is der that we may never be forced to omit them . " gymnastic exercises , he discouraged all those which ot performed with the hand closed . So e same class of ...
... asked why ho ordained crifices to be so small and cheap , he answered , " It is der that we may never be forced to omit them . " gymnastic exercises , he discouraged all those which ot performed with the hand closed . So e same class of ...
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