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ἄξιον δὲ καὶ τὸν Λακωνικὸν ἀποθεωρῆσαι νομοθέτην ὑπεναντίως τῷ Ῥωμαϊκῷ τάξαντα τὰς θυσίας, θύει γὰρ ἐν Σπάρτῃ τῶν ἀποστρατήγων ὁ μὲν δι᾽ ἀπάτης ἢ πειθοῦς ὃ βούλεται διαπραξάμενος βοῦν, ὁ δὲ διὰ μάχης ἀλεκτρυόνα. καίπερ γὰρ ὄντες πολεμικώτατοι μείζονα καὶ μᾶλλον ἀνθρώπῳ πρέπουσαν ἡγοῦντο τὴν διὰ λόγου καὶ συνέσεως πρᾶξιν ἢ τὴν μετὰ βίας καὶ ἀνδρείας, ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὅπως ἔχει σκοπεῖν πάρεστι.
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