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1 He slew Phrynon, the Athenian general, when the Mitylenaeans and Athenians were fighting for possession of Sigeum on the Hellespont.
2 Diogenes Laertius 1.75 gives it, "The half is more than the whole" (τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ παντὸς πλεῖον); cp. Hes. WD 1.40, νήπιοι, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός..
3 For references see Edmonds, Lyra Graeca, I, pp. 309 ff. (in the L.C.L.), and the Index to the volume.
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