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The general idea was reported by Athenaeus[1] (XIV.627): “Many of the barbarians also conduct diplomatic negotiations to the accompaniment of flutes and cithara to soften the hearts of their opponents.”

Can someone find a source link that is closer to the text of this quotation? The one we cite in a footnote and link in the text is a bit different: “And, moreover, many of the barbarians make all their public proclamations to the accompaniment of flutes and harps, softening the souls of their enemies by these means.”

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  1. ↑ Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned, C.D. Yonge (tr.), Vol. 3 (London: 1854), via the Internet Archive, p. 1,001.