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The Younger Agis, referring to the assertion of Demades that jugglers use the Spartan swords for [p. 135] swallowing because of their small size, said, ‘But it is a fact that the Spartans, above all men, reach their enemies with their swords.’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 216 C, infra, and Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus, chap. xix. (51 E).
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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