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Verum quid Asiam, quid barbariae inmensas solitudines, quid latebras Pontici sinus scrutor, cum splendidissimum totius Graeciae decus Lacedaemon praecipuum uxoriae fidei specimen tantum non nostris ostentet oculis, plurimis et maximis patriae suae laudibus admiratione facti conparandum? Minyae, quorum origo ex inclyto sociorum Iasonis numero Lemniorum in insula concepta per aliquot saeculorum uices stabili in sede manserat, † a Pelasgicis expulsi ramis, alienae opis indigentes excelsa Taygetorum montium iuga supplices occupauerunt. quos Spartana ciuitas respectu Tyndaridarum —amque in illo nobilis famae nauigio destinatum sideribus par fratrum fulserat—deductos inde legibus commodisque suis inmiscuit. sed hoc tantum beneficium in iniuriam bene meritae urbis regnum adfectantes uerterunt. igitur publicae custodiae inclusi capitali adseruabantur supplicio. quod cum uetere instituto Lacedaemoniorum nocturno tempore passuri essent, coniuges eorum inlustris ibi sanguinis uelut adlocuturae perituros uiros inpetrato a custodibus aditu carcerem intrauerunt commutataque ueste per simulationem doloris uelatis capitibus eos abire passae sunt. hoc loco quid aliud adiecerim quam dignas fuisse quibus Minyae nuberent?
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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