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Plato, Timaeus, Page 21b: The boys recite at the Apatouria
The old Critias was nearly ninety and young Critias about ten, on the Koureotis day of the Apatouria festival, when boys recited poetry for prizes. A clansman remarks on Solon.
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ἤδηḗdēalreadyτῶνtôn—ἐνενήκονταenenḗkontaninetyἐτῶνetônyears,ἐγὼegṑIδέdéandπῃpēiperhapsμάλισταmálistaaboutδεκέτηςdekétēsten years old·Read on word by word in the reader ›
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