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Πρόξενος δὲ ὁ Βοιώτιος εὐθὺς μὲν μειράκιον ὢν ἐπεθύμει γενέσθαι ἀνὴρ τὰ μεγάλα πράττειν ἱκανός·
Proxenus the Boeotian even as a young man wanted to become a man capable of doing great things.
Xenophon Anabasis 2.6.16

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