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Being asked for what purpose they offered sacrifice to the Muses before hazardous ventures, he said, ‘So that our deeds may find good words.’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 238 B, infra; Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxi. (53 D).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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