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The Minyae, driven by the Thebans from
But the wanderings of the Messenians outside the
ch. 28
4.28.1
After their return they had nothing to fear at first from the Lacedaemonians. For the Lacedaemonians, restrained by fear of the Thebans, submitted to the foundation of The Messenians maintained the war with the help of the Argives and Arcadians, and asked the Athenians for help. They refused to join in an attack on After the death of Alexander, when the Greeks had raised a second war against the Macedonians, the Messenians took part, as I have shown earlier in my account of
Not long afterwards the Messenians occupied Henceforward it was likely to be more easy for quarrels to arise among men whose counsels were divided on account of the Lacedaemonians, and they arrived at civil war. Learning this, the Lacedaemonians were preparing to assist their partisans in Seeing their shields, all the Laconising party in The trick is Homer's, but the Messenians plainly imitated it opportunely, for Homer represents Patroclus in the Iliad Again, the Trojans who, through youth or years were not of fighting age, he posted as garrison of the walls, note while the men of military age were encamped against the Greeks. The wounded Greeks in Homer arm the fighting men, so that even they may not be altogether idle. Indeed Homer's ideas have proved useful to men in every matter.
note clad in the arms of Achilles, and says that the barbarians were filled with the belief that it was Achilles attacking them, and that their front ranks were thrown into confusion. Other stratagems are the invention of Homer, the coming of the two Greek spies by night among the Trojans, instead of one note and later a man coming to Troy, who pretends to be a deserter but actually is to find out their secrets.
ch. 29
4.29.1
Not long after the affair at
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