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The Ancient Customs of the Spartans (31-33)

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It was their custom not to knock on the outer doors but to call from outside.

The strigils which they used were not made of metal but of reeds.

They did not attend either comedy or tragedy, so that they might not hear anyone speak either in earnest or in jest against the laws.[*]

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