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So the spies were sent back after they had seen all and returned to Europe (continent)Europe. After sending the spies, those of the Greeks who had sworn alliance against the Persian next sent messengers to Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos.
So the spies were sent back after they had seen all and returned to Europe (continent)Europe. After sending the spies, those of the Greeks who had sworn alliance against the Persian next sent messengers to Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos.
[2] Now this is what the
Argives say of their own part in the matter. They were informed from the first that the foreigner was stirring up war against
Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas. When they learned that the
Greeks would attempt to gain their aid against the
Persian, they sent messengers to
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi to inquire of the god how it would be best for them to act, for six thousand of them had been lately
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slain by a
Lacedaemonian army and
Cleomenes son of
Anaxandrides its general. For this reason, they said, the messengers were sent.
[3] The priestess gave this answer to their question:
This answer had already been uttered by the priestess when the envoys arrived in Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos and entered the council chamber to speak as they were charged.
Hated by your neighbors, dear to the immortals,
Crouch with a lance in rest, like a warrior fenced in his armor,
Guarding your head
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from the blow, and the head will shelter the body.
This answer had already been uttered by the priestess when the envoys arrived in Argos [22.7333,37.6417] (Perseus) Argos and entered the council chamber to speak as they were charged.
[4] Then the
Argives answered to what had been said that they would do as was asked of them if they might first make a thirty years peace with
Lacedaemonia and if the command of half the allied power were theirs. It was their right to have the full command, but they would nevertheless be content with half.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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