Verum quid Asiam, quid barbariae immensas solitudines, quid latebras Pontici sinus scrutor, cum splendidissimum totius Graeciae decus Lacedaemon praecipuum uxoriae fidei specimen nostris ostentet oculis, plurimis et maximis patriae suae laudibus admiratione facti comparandum? Minyae, quorum origo ex inclito sociorum Iasonis numero Lemniorum in insula concepta per aliquot saeculorum vices stabili in sede manserat, a Pelasgicis expulsi armis, alienae opis indigentes excelsa Taygetorum montium iuga supplices occupaverunt.
But why do I scrutinize Asia, the vast empty tracts of barbary, the recesses of the Pontic Gulf, when the brightest ornament of all Greece, Lacedaemon, exhibits to our eyes an outstanding specimen of wifely loyalty, comparable in admiration of the act to the many great glories of its country? The Minyae derived their origin, conceived in the island of Lemnos, from the famous band of Jasons companions. For several turns of the centuries they had stayed in their dwelling undisturbed. Then, when the Pelasgians drove them out by arms, in need of foreign help they occupied the lofty ridges of the Taygetan mountains as suppliants.
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