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Κριός: cf. ch. 73. 2; viii. 92. Possibly the wrestler referred to by Simonides, fr. 13 ἐπέξαθ᾽ Κριὸς οὐκ ἀεικέως: cf. Arist. Nub. 1356. Such plays on names were irresistible; cf. § 3, and Cicero, Verrines, II. iv. 43, &c. But the jest of Cleomenes is bitter, like those in Shakespeare attributed to Gaunt (Rich. II, Act ii, Sc. 1).

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