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They appointed no trainers to instruct in wrestling so that the rivalry might be not in skill, but in courage. 1 This is the reason why Lysanoridas, when he was asked how Charon had conquered him, said, ‘By his great resourcefulness.’
1 Cf. Moralia, 639 F, and Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas, chap. vii. (281 B).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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