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Of Cleombrotuts the Son of Pausanias.

Cleombrotus, the son of Pausanias, when a friend of his contended with his father which was the best man, said, Sir, my father must be better than you, till you get a son as well as he.

Apophthegmata Laconica. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Current edition Perseus

Laconic Apophthegms; or Remarkable Sayings of the Spartans. (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. I. Goodwin, William W., editor; unknown, translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

Editions (2)

Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).) — 44 focus

Κλεομβροτου τοῦ Πατσανιοτ

[1] 223a Κλεόμβροτος ὁ Παυσανίου, ξένου τινὸς διαφερομένου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα περὶ ἀρετῆς, μέχρι τούτου, εἶπεν, κρείττων σού ἐστιν¹ ὁ πατήρ, μέχρι ἂν καὶ σὺ² γεννήσῃς.

Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol II. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 44 focus

Κλεομβρότου τοῦ Παυσανίου

[1] 20 223a Κλεόμβροτος ὁ Παυσανίου, ξένου τινὸς διαφερομένου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα περὶ ἀρετῆς, μέχρι τούτου εἶπεν κρείσσων σού ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ, μέχρι ἂν καὶ σὺ γεννήσῃς.

Translations (1)

Sayings of Spartans Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).) — 44 focus

CLEOMBROTUS, SON OF PAUSANIAS¹

[1] Cleombrotus, the son of Pausanias, when a man from abroad was disputing with Cleombrotus’s father about excellence, said, My father is a better man than you — until you too have become a father.²

Plutarch Apophthegmata Laconica 44

ed. William W. Goodwin

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Of Cleombrotuts the Son of Pausanias.

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Κλεομβροτου τοῦ Πατσανιοτ

Κλεομβρότου τοῦ Παυσανίου

CLEOMBROTUS, SON OF PAUSANIAS¹

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Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Of Cleombrotuts the Son of Pausanias.

Current edition Perseus

Κλεομβροτου τοῦ Πατσανιοτ

Κλεομβρότου τοῦ Παυσανίου

CLEOMBROTUS, SON OF PAUSANIAS 1

Stable identifiers

CLEOMBROTUS, SON OF PAUSANIAS¹