...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fo — Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fo — Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fo — Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fo — Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fo — Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
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...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic,but let each man bear his shield straight toward the fore-fighters,regarding his own life as hateful and holding the dark spirits of death as dear as the radiance of the sun.

— Tyrtaeus, Spartan Lessons; Or, the Praise of Valour; In the Verses of Tyrtaeus; An Ancient Athenian Poet, ...
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