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ARISTIDES. 315

granddaughter of Aristogiton was in a low condition in the isle of Lemnos, and so poor nobody would marry her they brought her back to Athens, and, marrying her to a man of good birth, gave a farm at Potamus as her mar- riage-portion ; and of similar humanity and bounty the city of Athens, even in our age, has given numerous proofs, and is justly admired and respected in conse- quence.

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