Tyrtœus, the Spartan poet, having first rehearsed his verses, and
afterwards made them to be sung with flutes, well tuned together, he
so stirred and inflamed the courage of the soldiers thereby, that,
whereas, they had before been overcome in divers conflicts, being then
transported with the fury of the Muses, they remained conquerors, and
cut in pieces the whole army of the Messinians.