Ἁγησιπολίδος τοῦ Κλεομβποτου.

[1] 215b Ἀγησίπολις ὁ Κλεομβρότου, εἰπόντος τινὸς ὅτι Φίλιππος ἐν ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις Ὄλυνθον κατέσκαψε, μὰ τοὺς θεούς, εἶπεν, ἄλλην τοιαύτην ἐν πολλαπλασίονι χρόνῳ οὐκ οἰκοδομήσει.

[2] ἄλλου δὲ εἰπόντος ὅτι μετὰ τῶν ἀκμαζόντων βασιλεύων ὡμήρευσε καὶ οὐχ οἱ παῖδες οὐδʼ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν, δικαίως, εἶπεν, αὐτοὺς γὰρ ἡμᾶς καλῶς ἔχον ἐστὶ τὰς αὑτῶν ἁμαρτίας φέρειν.

[3] βουλομένου δʼ αὐτοῦ σκύλακας οἴκοθεν μεταπέμψασθαι, ὥς τις εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξαγωγὴ παρʼ αὐτῶν, 215c οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀνδρῶν, ἔφη, πρόσθεν, ἀλλὰ νῦν ἐγένετο.

Apophthegmata Laconica. Plutarch. ed. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. 1931.

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

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Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol II. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 3 focus

Ἀγησιπόλιδος τοῦ Κλεομβρότου

[1] Ἀγησίπολις ὁ Κλεομβρότου, εἰπόντος τινὸς ὅτι Φίλιππος ἐν ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις Ὄλυνθον κατέσκαψε, μὰ τοὺς θεούς εἶπεν ἄλλην τοιαύτην ἐν πολλαπλασίονι χρόνῳ οὐκ οἰκοδομήσει. 5

[2] ἄλλου δὲ εἰπόντος ὅτι μετὰ τῶν ἀκμαζόντων βασιλεύων ὡμήρευσε καὶ οὐχ οἱ παῖδες οὐδʼ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν, δικαίως εἶπεν αὐτοὺς γὰρ ἡμᾶς καλῶς ἔχον ἐστὶ τὰς αὑτῶν ἁμαρτίας φέρειν.

[3] βουλομένου δʼ αὐτοῦ σκύλακας οἴκοθεν μεταπέμψασθαι, 10 ὥς τις εἶπεν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξαγωγὴ παρʼ 215c αὐτῶν , οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀνδρῶν ἔφη πρόσθεν, ἀλλὰ νῦν ἐγένετο.

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Sayings of Spartans Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).) — 3 focus

AGESIPOLIS, SON OF CLEOMBROTUS¹

[1] Agesipolis, son of Cleombrotus, when somebody said that Philip in a few days had razed Olynthus to the ground, said, By Heaven, he will not build another like it in many years!²

[2] When someone else remarked that he while king had been made hostage with those in the prime of life, and not their children or their women, he said, That is but just, for it is good that we ourselves should bear the consequences of our own mistakes.

[3] When he wished to send for some dogs from home, and someone said, There is no such export permitted from there, he said, Nor was there of men before this; but now it has been done!

Laconic Apophthegms; or Remarkable Sayings of the Spartans. Perseus (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.) — 3 focus

Of Agesipolis the Son of Cleombrotus.

Agesipolis the son of Cleombrotus, when one told him that Philip had razed Olynthus in a few days, said, Well, but he is not able to build such another in twice that time. To one saying that whilst he was king he himself was an hostage with some other youths, and not their wives or children, he replied, Very good, for it is fit we ourselves should suffer for our own faults. When he designed to send for some whelps from home, and one said, Sir, none must be carried out of the country, he replied, Nor men heretofore, but now they may.

Plutarch Apophthegmata Laconica 3

ed. Frank Cole Babbitt

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