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Codrus (c.1060 B.C.) The last King of Athens. Codrus entered the Dorian camp in disguise and was killed, fulfilling the prophesy of the oracle and saving Athens.
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. I (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 530. (Death of Codrus, drawn by H. Vogel.)
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