, he was the particular Care of some God, who rewarded his Valour that Day with an extraordinary Protection, or, that his Enemies, struck with the Unusualness of his Dress, and Beauty of his Shape, supposed him something more than Man, I shall not determine.
The Gallantry of this Action was judged so great by the
Spartans
, that the
Ephori
, or chief Magistrates, decreed he should be presented with a Garland; but as soon as they had done so, fined him a thousand Drachmas for going out to the Battle unarmed.
| [No. 565] | Friday, July 9, 1714 | Addison |
—Deum namque ire per omnes
Terrasque, tractusque maris, cœlumque profundum.
Virg.
