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quirinus_n and_o honour_v as_o a_o god_n aristeas_n a_o proconnesian_n take_v out_o of_o man_n fight_n after_o bâ—â—us_o dead_a cleomedes_n asâ—ypaisis_n vanish_v strange_o out_o of_o man_n sight_n be_v fast_o lock_v in_o a_o chest_n alemenes_n body_n vanish_v out_o of_o the_o beer_n the_o soul_n eternal_a heraclitus_n say_v of_o the_o soul_n why_o romulus_n be_v call_v quirinus_n the_o bill_n quirinus_n nonae_fw-la capravine_n the_o war_n of_o the_o latin_n posthumius_fw-la general_n philotia_n a_o warning_n maeyde_v sudden_a devise_n romulus_n age_n and_o reign_v by_o what_o mean_v man_n be_v provoke_v to_o great_a anteryriser_n plato_n in_o phaèdone_n love_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o god_n the_o office_n of_o a_o prince_n wherein_o romulus_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o theseus_n romulus_n love_n to_o his_o kyun_n theseus_n detect_v for_o oblivion_n theseus_n detect_v for_o his_o ravishement_n of_o woman_n romulus_n ravishment_n of_o woman_n excuse_v no_o divorce_n make_v in_o rome_n for_o 230._o year_n space_n val._n max._n say_v 520._o the_o first_o wife_n put_v away_o in_o rome_n theseus_n marriage_n cause_n of_o war_n and_o trouble_n romulus_n more_o acceptable_a to_o the_o god_n than_o theseus_n xenophon_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr lacedaemon_n rep._n of_o the_o heraclide_n pausanias_n diodorus_n and_o cleme_n strom._n lib._n 1._o lycurgus_n kindred_n a_o subtle_a promise_n prodicos_fw-la regent_n or_o protector_n of_o young_a king_n in_o minority_n charilaus_n king_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n herod_n lib._n 1._o dionysius_n halic_fw-mi lib._n 2._o lycurgus_n travel_v country_n thales_n a_o poet_n harper_n lycurgus_n journey_n into_o asia_n the_o praise_n of_o homer_n work_n homer_n poem_n unknown_a to_o the_o grecian_n bring_v to_o light_n by_o lycurgus_n lycurgus_n return_v and_o change_v all_o the_o common_a wealth_n lycurgus_n counsel_v with_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n as_o delphes_n chalceoeco_n junos_n brazen_a temple_n lycurgus_n institute_v a_o senate_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n plato_n de_fw-fr leg_n 3._o 28._o be_v the_o number_n of_o the_o senator_n retra_fw-mi of_o lycurgus_n cnation_n st_o the_o open_a seith_n appoint_v for_o place_n of_o counsel_n the_o inflimation_n of_o the_o ephore_n lycurgus_n wisdom_n lycurgus_n make_v equal_a division_n of_o land_n unto_o the_o citizen_n all_o the_o land_n through_o the_o country_n of_o laconia_n divide_v into_o 30000._o part_n all_o the_o land_n about_o sparta_n into_o 9000_o part_n what_o barley_n every_o part_n do_v yield_v lycurgus_n change_v all_o gold_n &_o silver_n into_o iron_n coin_n lycurgus_n wash_v all_o seller_n &_o croftes_n of_o a_o value_n câ—thon_n a_o strange_a kind_n of_o cup_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a soldier_n lycurgus_n appoint_v order_n for_o die_v unto_o the_o lacedaemonian_n alcander_n strike_v out_o lycurgus_n eye_n lycurgus_n patience_n and_o gentleness_n minerva_n optiletide_v andria_n and_o phiditia_fw-la meal_n why_o so_o call_v child_n be_v 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apothetes_fw-gr young_a babe_n wash_v with_o wine_n the_o spartan_a nurse_n pluto_n of_o the_o first_o alcibiades_n how_o the_o lacedaemonian_n child_n be_v bring_v up_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o thistle_n in_o the_o mosseâ—d_n tongueâ—_n read_v holythias_n
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