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leaving behind the city of
Tiryns
and its god-built streets. For it was now the tenth year since the heroes with their bronze shields, fearless in battle,
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had left
Argos
, the city loved by the gods, and lived in
Tiryns
with their much envied king, because an insurmountable quarrel
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had arisen, from a slight beginning, between the brothers Proetus and Acrisius. They were destroying their people with lawless feuding and grievous battles, and the people entreated the sons of Abas
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that, since they had as their share a land rich in barley,
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Epinicians. Bacchylides. Diane Arnson Svarlien (Translator). New Haven, CT. 1996.
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