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Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά Plutarch
28.7 When one of the Persians deserted from the king and was persuaded by Demaratus to change his mind and return, and the king was going to have him put to death, Demaratus said, For shame, your Majesty! To think that when this man was your enemy you could not punish him for his desertion but now that he has become your friend, you would put him to death!
28.8 In answer to a man who was a parasite of the king and often jeered at him over his exile, he said, I have no quarrel with you, my friend; for I have squandered my position in life.

ECPREPES

29.1 Ecprepes, an Ephor, cut out with an adze two of the nine strings of Phrynis the musician, saying, Do not murder music. The story is repeated in Plutarch’s Life of Agis, chap. x. (799 F), and with variaions in Moralia, 84 A, 238 C (infra); Athenaeus 636 E; Boethius, De Musica, i. 1.

EPAENETUS

30.1 Epaenetus said that liars are to blame for all sins and crimes.

EUBOEDAS

31.1 Euboedas, on hearing some men praising the wife of another man, could not stomach it, saying, In regard to a woman’s endowments there should be absolutely no talk among those outside the family. Cf. the note on Moralia, 217 F, supra.

EUDAMIDAS, SON OF ARCHIDAMUS Eudamidas I., king of Sparta, 330-300 (?) B.C.

32.1 Eudamidas, the son of Archidamus and the brother of Agis, seeing Xenocrates in the Academy, already well oil in years, discussing philosophy with his acquaintances, inquired who the old man was. Somebody said that he was a wise man and one of the seekers after virtue. And when will he use it, said Eudamidas, if he is only now seeking for it? a
32.2 Hearing a philosopher discoursing to the effect that the wise man is the only good general, he said, The speech is admirable, but the speaker is not to be trusted; for he has never been amid the blare of trumpets. Cf. the note on Moralia, 192 A, supra.

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