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ἤτοι ἐμοὶ τρεῖς μὲν πολὺ φίλταταί εἰσι πόληες Ἄργός τε Σπάρτη τε καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη → The three cities I love best are Argos, Sparta, and Mycenae of the broad streets

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λαισήιον: τό, εἶδος μικρᾶς ἀσπίδος ἐλαφροτέρας τῆς συνήθους, βοείας ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα Ἰλ. Ε. 453., Μ. 426, πρβλ. Σχόλ. ἐν Ἀθην. 695Ϝ· ―κατὰ τὸν Ἡρόδ. 7. 91, ἦτο κεκαλυμμένη δι’ ὠμῶν καὶ ἀκατεργάστων δερμάτων (πιθ. ἑπομ. παράγεται ἐκ τοῦ λάσιος), καὶ ἦν ἐν χρήσει παρὰ τοῖς Κίλιξιν ἀντὶ τῆς συνήθους ἀσπίδος· Müller Archäol. d. Kunst § 342. 6.