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Agis
King of Sparta, who tried to deliver Greece from the Macedonian
yoke, and was slain in the attempt.
To save a rotten state, Agis, who saw
E'en Sparta's self to servile avarice sink.
—Thompson: Winter, 488–9.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Agis from Infoplease:
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