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[3] Shortly after this the Lacedaemonians fought a great battle with the Arcadians and defeated them signally. Indeed since the defeat at Leuctra this was their first stroke of good fortune, and it was a surprising one; for over ten thousand Arcadians fell and not one Lacedaemonian.1 The priestesses of Dodona2 had foretold to them that this war would be a tearless one for the Lacedaemonians.

1 For the "tearless battle" see Xen. Hell. 7.1.28-32 and Plut. Agesilaus 33.3 ff.

2 Ancient oracle of Zeus in Epeirus.

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