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εἴσω ... ἔχων, ‘with spear drawn in,’ i. e. remain at home on the defensive.

προβόλαιον: rare form = προβολή, πρόβολος (ch. 76. 1), as an adjective δούρατι δὲ προβολαίῳ, Theocr. xxiv. 125.

κεφαλὴν πεφύλαξο, ‘guard thy head’; perhaps the remnant of the ruling class, the σῶμα being the mass of the population of semiservile origin; cf. vi. 83. 1.

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