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Ἄκρον λάβε καὶ μέσον ἕξεις
seize the extremity and you will have the mean
… an aetiological explanation (from an oracle about the foundation of
Aigina
[Myth, Place]: alphaiota 53).
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Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
… of a military alliance, and even nominal independence (as, e.g.,
Aigina
[Myth, Place]; contrast Figueira, 1993). Early literary references (e.g. Sophocles, Antigone 821f.) pose no difficulty, and attempts to explain these passages as somehow …
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