ABSTRACT
I will carry my sword in a myrtle branch, just like Harmodius and Aristogiton did when they killed the tyrant and led Athens to her liberty.
—Athenæus, Deipnosophistæ1
Quoniam autem contumeliosus Bion sophista, capillos pulchrorum Harmodios vocabat & Aristogitonas, tanquam simul ab ipsis à pulchra tyrannide amatores liberarentur.
