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Lycurgus found the Spartans boarding at home like the other Greeks, and came to the conclusion that the custom was responsible for a great deal of misconduct. He therefore established the public messes outside in the open,1 thinking that this would reduce disregard of orders to a minimum.
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1 Lit. “moved the Syskania out into the open.” See Introduction 3.
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