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ποτε βαρβάρους ἦλθεν, ἄριστά τε αὐτῇ Πολυδεύκης
ἐχρῆτο, ὅθεν οἱ ποιηταὶ αὐτὸν ἐκ τούτων ᾖδον. ἐπύκτευον
δὲ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι Λακεδαιμόνιοι διὰ τάδε: κράνη
Λακεδαιμονίοις οὐκ ἦν, οὐδ᾽ ἐγχώριον ἡγοῦντο τὴν
ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῖς μάχην, ἀλλ᾽ ἦν ἀσπὶς ἀντὶ κράνους τῷ
μετ᾽ ἐπιστήμης φέροντι. ὡς οὖν φυλάττοιντο μὲν τὰς
κατὰ τοῦ προσώπου πληγάς, πληττόμενοι δὲ ἀνέχοιντο,
πυγμὴν ἐπήσκησαν καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα οὕτω ῾στέγειν᾽
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