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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="S"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="syager-bio-1" n="syager_1"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Syager</surname></persName></head><p>(<persName xml:lang="grc"><surname full="yes">Σύαγρος</surname></persName>), a Lacedaemonian, was
      the deputy from his state in the embassy which the Greeks sent to Gelon, to ask his assistance
      against Xerxes. [<hi rend="smallcaps">GELON</hi>.] Syager indignantly rejected, on behalf of
      Sparta, the condition insisted on by the tyrant, that he should have the supreme command of
      the allied armament (<bibl n="Hdt. 7.153">Hdt. 7.153</bibl>, <bibl n="Hdt. 7.59">59</bibl>.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.E.E">E.E</ref>]</byline><pb n="949"/></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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