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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Amyclaean Silence

More silent than Amyclæ. The inhabitants of Amyclæ were so often alarmed by false rumours of the approach of the Spartans, that they made a decree no one should ever again mention the subject. When the Spartans actually came against the town, no one durst mention it, and the town was taken.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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