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δολίχου δὲ αἰτία ἦν ἥδε: δρομοκήρυκες ἐξ Ἀρκαδίας
ἐφοίτων ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄγγελοι,
καὶ ἀπείρητο αὐτοῖς μὴ ἱππεύειν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτουργοῖς
εἶναι τοῦ δρόμου. τὸ ἀεὶ οὖν ἐν βραχεῖ τῆς
ἡμέρας διαδραμεῖν στάδια ὁπόσα ὁ δόλιχος, ῾δολιχοδρόμους
τοὺσ᾽ δρομοκήρυκας εἰργάζετο καὶ ἐγύμναζε τῷ πολέμῳ.
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