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The marble "Lion of Chaeronea"
guards the common
tomb in which members of the Theban Sacred Band
were buried after Philip's victory, in 338 BC. It is said,
that when Philip saw them slain, among tears he said:
"Perish any man who suspects that these men either
did or suffered anything that was base".
It was erected, according to Pausanias, by the Thebans
in memory of their dead. Excavation of the tomb brought
to light 254 skeletons, laid out in seven rows. |
