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πανδίκως, as asserting just claims in fair fight. The device on the shield of the Aeschylean Polyneices is “Δίκη” leading a man in golden armour, with the words,

κατάξω δ᾽ ἄνδρα τόνδε, καὶ πόλιν
ἕξει πατρῴων δωμάτων τ᾽ ἐπιστροφάς

τοὺς τάδ᾽ ἐκπρ., Eteocles: for pl., cp. 148.


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