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Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1765, after N. Poussin.

Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.

Old age in Sparta / Ephraim David.

History of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides ; translated by Rex Warner, with an introduction and notes by M.I. Finley.

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Old age in Sparta / Ephraim David.

History of the Peloponnesian War / Thucydides ; translated by Rex Warner, with an introduction and notes by M.I. Finley.

Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1765, after N. Poussin.

Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.