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πάντως προσῆκον ἦν. καίτοι τίνα ποτ̓ ἄν τις
ἐξεύροι βασιλικὴν τροφὴν καὶ παιδείαν ἀμείνω
ταύτης πάλαι γενομένην; οὔτε γὰρ Λακεδαιμόνιοι
τῶν Ἑλλήνων, οἵπερ δὴ δοκοῦσιν ἀρίστης ἀρχῆς
τῆς τῶν βασιλέων μεταλαβεῖν, οὕτω τοὺς Ἡρακλείδας
ἐπαίδευον, οὔτε τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι,
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βασιλευόμενοι διαφερόντως, τῆς ἀρίστης
ἐπιμελείας τὸν ἄρξοντα σφῶν ἠξίουν: ἀλλὰ
πᾶσιν ἦν κοινὰ τὰ παρὰ τῶν νόμων τῆς ἀρετῆς
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