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1 1|   first I will put forward Tyrtaeus, an Athenian by birth, but
2 1|    asking this question of Tyrtaeus: O most divine poet, we
3 1| say? A far inferior man to Tyrtaeus would have no difficulty
4 1|   go on to say to him—You, Tyrtaeus, as it seems, praise those
5 1|    But in the war of which Tyrtaeus speaks, many a mercenary
6 1| Whereas, that virtue which Tyrtaeus highly praises is well enough,
7 2|    warrior than he of whom Tyrtaeus sings; and he would honour
8 9|  disgraceful for Homer and Tyrtaeus and other poets to lay down