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Plutarch, Sayings Of The Spartans, 20.4

ἐν δὲ τῷ πρὸς Φίλιππον πολέμῳ συμβουλευόντων τινῶν ὅτι πόρρω τῆς οἰκείας τὴν μάχην συνάπτειν δεῖ, ἀλλʼ οὐ τοῦτο ἔφη ὁρᾶν δεῖ, ἀλλʼ οἷ μαχούμενοι κρείσσονες τῶν πολεμίων ἐσόμεθα. In the war against Philip, when some proffered the advice that they ought to engage him in battle at a good distance from their own land, The policy of Demosthenes ( e.g. Olynthiac i. ad fin .). Archidamus said, No, that is not what we ought to look to, but where, in fighting, we shall be superior to the enemy.

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artemis soteira, in megara	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
eleutheria, soteria, originally separate from	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
eleutheria, soteria, relation to	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
homonoia, cultic worship of the concept	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
oracles, of apollo in delphi	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
poseidon soter, in the persian wars	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
soteria (in greek antiquity), panhellenic deliverance'	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
zeus eleutherios, and political freedom	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
zeus eleutherios, at plataea	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
zeus eleutherios, in the athenian agora	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
zeus soter, in dreams of the plataean general	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 53
zeus soter, in the athenian agora	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37
zeus soter, interchangeable with	Jim, Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) 37