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"Go to Chelidonis," said they, "and rest. She ought to be yours. You have deserved her. How we envy her such a lover!" The contest continued all the day, and when night came on Pyrrhus found that he had made no sensible progress in the work of gaining entrance into the city. He was, however, now forced to postpone all further efforts till the following day.
The response. Charilaus is terrified. He flies to a sanctuary. Nature and effects of the institutions of Lycurgus. The character and spirit of the Spartans. Message sent to Pyrrhus. Account of Cleonymus. Areus becomes king. Affair of Cleonymus and Chelidonis. Appeal to Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus determines to march into Greece.
The circumstances were these: Cleonymus, though far advanced in life, married, about the time that the events occurred which we are here describing, a very young lady named Chelidonis. Chelidonis was a princess of the royal line, and was a lady of great personal beauty.
They busied themselves, therefore, in adorning and preparing the apartments of the house, and in making ready a splendid entertainment, in order that they might give to Cleonymus and his friend a suitable reception when they should arrive. Chelidonis, however, the young and beautiful, but faithless wife of Cleonymus, was not there.
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