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μήτηρ υἷα λιπόντα μάχην μετὰ πότμον ἑταίρων
— Paton edition
ἔκτανεν, ὠδίνων μνῆστιν ἀνηναμένη.
καὶ γὰρ γνήσιον αἷμα διακρίνει Λακεδαίμων
ἀλκῇ μαρναμένων, οὐ γενεῇ βρεφέων.
A mother, banishing the memory of her pangs,
— Paton edition
killed her son who abandoned the field after the
death of his comrades. For Sparta distinguishes
purity of race by warriors' bravery, not by children's
birth.
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Epigram 9.447: Creation of Scholium 9.447.2 by “epheline”
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