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ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws

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Use stone. Flint for striking a spark: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plat., Rep. 435A; Soph., Phil. 36). Rubbing flint against flint, I produced with labour a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).