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[6] And in the case of the Athenians Thrasybulus1 their general, who held the supreme command on that day, saw in the night the following vision. He dreamed that he was in Athens and the theatre was crowded, and that he and six of the other generals were playing the Phoenician Women of Euripides, while their competitors were performing the Suppliants2; and that it resulted in a "Cadmean victory"3 for them and they all died, just as did those who waged the campaign against Thebes.

1 This should be Thrasyllus.

2 Also by Euripides. Both plays are on the theme of the war of the seven Argive chiefs against Thebes.

3 Cp. Book 11.12.1.

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