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The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Note 42 — BOOK XII

Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation

For this proverb see Plutarch, Nicias, ch. 9, ἡδέως μεμνημένοι τοῦ εἰπόντος ὅτι τοὺς ἐν εἰρήνῃ καθεύδοντας οὐ σάλπιγγες ἀλλ’ ἀλεκτρυόνες ἀφυπνίζουσι.

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