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[5] It was this Theopompus who put an end to the war, and my evidence is the lines of Tyrtaeus, which say:β€”β€œTo our king beloved of the gods, Theopompus, through whom we took Messene with wide dancing-grounds.
”Tyrtaeus, unknown location. Aristomenes then in my view belongs to the time of the second war, and I will relate his history when I come to this.

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