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[4] Epaminondas was most strongly drawn to the foundation by the oracles of Bacis, who was inspired by the Nymphs and left prophecies regarding others of the Greeks as well as the return of the Messenians:“Then indeed shall the bright bloom of Sparta perish and Messene again shall be inhabited for all time.
”I have discovered that Bacis also told in what manner Eira would be captured, and this too is one of his oracles:“The men of Messene o'ercome by the thunder's roll and spouting rain.

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