<head>Character of Cotys</head>Cotys was a man of distinguished appearance and of<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note31">Character of Cotys, king of the Odrysae, an ally of Perseus.</note>great ability in military affairs, and besides, quite unlike a Thracian in character. For he was of sober habits, and gave evidence of a gentleness of temper and a steadiness of disposition worthy of a man of gentle birth. . . .
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