Things which he saw other people admiring he seemed not even to notice. For example, once upon a time Callippides, the tragic actor, 1 who had a name and repute among the Greeks, and was received everywhere with the most flattering attention, first of all put himself in front of Agesilaus and addressed him, and then pompously thrust himself into the company that was walking with him, thus making it plain that he expected the king to begin some friendly conversation, and finally he said, ‘Your Majesty, do you not recognize me, and have you not heard who I am ? ’ At that Agesilaus looked towards him and said, ‘Are ye no Callippidas the shawman ?’ That is what the Spartans call the strolling players. 2
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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