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ἐχώρει δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους
ἔχων μεθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ στεφανίτην ἀγῶνα νενικηκότα. καὶ φασὶ γέ τινα χρημάτων
πολλῶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίοις διδομένων αὐτῷ μὴ δεξάμενον,
ἀλλὰ πολλῷ πόνῳ καταπαλαίσαντα τὸν ἀνταγωνιστήν, ὥς τις εἶπεν αὐτῷ,
‘τί σοι πλέον, ὦ Λάκων, γέγονε διὰ τῆς νίκης;’
φάναι μειδιάσαντα, ‘πρὸ τοῦ βασιλέως τεταγμένος
μαχοῦμαι τοῖς πολεμίοις.’
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