the eurocrypt 2013 puzzle page

Find a phrase that you can split in three segments of 11, 9 and 8 characters. Your three segments should satisfy the four constraints stated below (i.e., the 4th character of the 1st segment should be equal to the 3rd character of the 3rd segment and so on).

― ― ― X  ― ―  ♥   #  ― ― ―          11 letters

― ― ― ― ―  ♥  ―  ◊  ―                     9 letters

― ―  X ― ―  #   ◊   ―                         8 letters 

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1. • Description and use of a scytale,
      from Plutarch, Parallel Lives Chapter 19, “Lysander”.
      Greek Translation, A. Ragavis, (1865)
   

   Original text and English translation.

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