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[366] ἀνάεδνον, see on 9.146. He boastfully promises a victory in place of the usual bride-price. So David promises to slay 100 Philistines as the price of Saul's daughter, 1 Sam. xviii. 25. Virgil introduces Coroebus under similar circumstances, “illis ad Troiam forte diebus Venerat insano Cassandrae accensus amore, Et gener auxilium Priamo Phrygibusque ferebat,Aen. ii. 342.

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    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 18.25
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