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All these things together struck terror into the barbarians, who
forthwith turned and fled. The Delphians, seeing this, came down
from their hiding-places, and smote them with a great slaughter, from
which such as escaped fled straight into Boeotia. These men, on
their return, declared (as I am told) that besides the marvels
mentioned above, they witnessed also other supernatural sights. Two
armed warriors, they said, of a stature more than human, pursued
after their flying ranks, pressing them close and slaying them.
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