Apophthegmata Laconica
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng3
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Anaxilas, in answer to the man who wondered why the Ephors did not rise and offer their places to the kings,d and this, too, although they were appointed to their position by the kings,
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said,
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For the very same reason that they hold the office of Ephor.