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This answer to Mardonius as well as that to the Spartans (inf.) is said by Plutarch (Arist. 10) to be due to Aristides, but this is no doubt a mere conjecture. For the formula cf. v. 92 α 1 n. and especially Soph. Phil. 1329 f. καὶ παῦλαν ἴσθι τῆσδε μήποτ᾽ ἐντυχεῖν νόσου βαρείας, ὡς ἂν αὐτὸς ἥλιος ταύτῃ μὲν αἴρῃ, τῇδε δ᾽ αὖ δύνῃ πάλιν.

For Persian disregard of gods and heroes cf. ix. 76, and for destruction of temples ch. 109. 3 n.

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