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καὶ ἀντέγραψε τοῖς ἐφόροις ἐπιστολὴν τήνδε, “ Ἀγησίλαος τοῖς ἐφόροις χαίρειν τὰν πολλὰν τᾶς Ἀσίας κατεστρεψάμεθα, καὶ τὼς βαρβάρως ἐλάσαμες, καὶ ἐν τᾷ Ἰωνίᾳ ὅπλα ἐποιήσαμες πολλά: ἐπεὶ δὲ κέλεσθέ με κατὰ τὰν προθεσμίαν παραγίνεσθαι, ἕπομαι τᾷ ἐπιστολᾷ, σχεδὸν δ᾽ αὐτὰν καὶ φθάσω: ἄρχω γὰρ οὐκ ἐμαυτῷ ἀρχάν, ἀλλὰ τᾷ πόλει καὶ τοῖς συμμάχοις: καὶ τότε [p. 262] ἄρχων ἄρχει ἀλαθέως κατὰ δίκαν, ὅταν καὶ ἄρχηται ὑπό τε νόμων καὶ ἐφόρων ἢ οἷοι ἂν ἄλλοι ἐν πόλει ἄρχοντες ὦσιν.”
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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