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Again, a remarkable example of the weight carried by authority
is provided by the fact that when the Megarians
disputed the possession of Salamis with the Athenians, the latter prevailed by citing a line from
Homer,1 which is not however found in all editions,
to the effect that Ajax united his ships with those of
the Athenians.
1 II. ii. 558. “Twelve ships great Ajax brought from Salamis, And ranged them where the Athenian army stood.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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