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[ Yet at this time the Amphictyonic Council was so feeble that, had the Spartans succeeded, they would have made but a hollow acquisition of authority; unless, indeed, with the project of gaining a majority of votes, they united another for reforming or reinvigorating the institution.
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[ Thucyd., lib. i., c. 96.
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[ Heeren, Pol. Hist. of Greece.
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[ Corn. Nep. in vit. Paus.
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[ Thucyd., lib. i., c. 129.