Plutarch, Instituta Laconia, Frank Cole Babbitt (Translator), 39

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[39] Cephisophon, who asserted that he could speak the whole day long on any topic whatsoever, they expelled from the country, saying that the good orator must keep his discourse equal to the subject in hand.¹

Instituta Laconia. Plutarch. Frank Cole Babbitt (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1931.

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The Ancient Customs of the Spartans (English) (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).)

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Τὰ παλαιὰ τῶν Λακεδαινίων ἐπιτηδεύματα Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).) — 39 focus

[39] Κηφισοφῶντα, εἰπόντα περὶ τοῦ τυχόντος δύνασθαι ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν λέγειν, ἐξέβαλον, φάμενοι τὸν ἀγαθὸν μυθητὰν δεῖν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἴσον τὸν λόγον ἔχειν.

Τὰ παλαιὰ τῶν Λακεδαινίων ἐπιτηδεύματα Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 39 focus

[39] Κηφισοφῶντα, εἰπόντα περὶ τοῦ τυχόντος δύνασθαι ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν λέγειν, ἐξέβαλον, φάμενοι τὸν ἀγαθὸν μυθητὰν δεῖν τοῖς πράγμασιν ἴσον τὸν 15 λόγον ἔχειν.

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Instituta Laconica

1. Cf. Moralia, 208 c (3), supra.

Plutarch Instituta Laconia 39

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