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εἰς Λακεδαίμονα παραγενόμενός τις καὶ τὴν πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβύτας τῶν νέων τιμὴν θεασάμενος, ἐν ‘Σπάρτῃ μόνῃ’ εἶπε ‘λυσιτελεῖ γηράσκειν.’
ἐρωτηθεὶς Λάκων ὁποῖός ἐστι Τυρταῖος ὁ ποιητής, ‘ἀγαθός’ εἶπε ‘κακκονῆν 1 νέων ψυχάς.’
ἕτερος ἀλγῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξῄει ἐπὶ πόλεμον: λεγόντων δὲ αὐτῷ τινων ‘ποῖ 2 ἄπει οὕτως ἔχων ἢ τί ποιήσων;’ ‘κἂν μηδὲν ἕτερον πράξω’ ἔφη ‘πολεμίου γε μάχαιραν ἀμβλυνῶ.’
Βοῦλις 3 καὶ Σπέρχις Λακεδαιμόνιοι πορευθέντες ἐθελονταὶ πρὸς Ξέρξην τὸν Περσῶν βασιλέα ἐπὶ τιμωρίᾳ ἣν ὦφλεν ἡ Λακεδαίμων κατὰ χρησμόν,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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