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49.3 This is his retort to Philip, the priest of the Orphic mysteries, who was in the direst straits of poverty, but used to assert that those who were initiated under his rites were happy after the conclusion of this life; to him Leotychidas said, You idiot! Why then don’t you die as speedily as possible so that you may with that cease from bewailing your unhappiness and poverty? Cf. Diogenes Laertius, vi. 4, where the remark is attributed to Antisthenes.

49.4 When someone inquired why they did not dedicate to the gods the arms taken from the enemy, he said that property wrested from its owners owing to cowardice it is not good either for the young men to see, or to dedicate to the gods. Cf. Moralia, 224 B (18), supra.

LEO, SON OF EURYCRATIDAS King of Sparta in the first half of the seventh century B.C.

50.1 When Leo, the son of Eurycratidas, was asked what kind of a city one could live in so as to live most safely, he said, Where the inhabitants shall possess neither too much nor too little, and where right shall be strong and wrong shall be weak.

50.2 Seeing that the runners at Olympia were eager to gain some advantage in starting, he said, How much more eager are the runners for a quick start than for fair play!

50.3 When someone, at an inappropriate time, discoursed about some matters which were not unprofitable, he said, My friend, in needless time you dwell upon the need! Cf. the note on Moralia, 216 F (2), supra.

LEONIDAS, SON OF ANAXANDRIDAS The hero of Thermopylae. These sayings were doubtless incorporated, or meant to be incorporated, in Plutarch’s Life of Leonidas, according to what he says in Moralia, 866 B; and some of them may be found in Moralia, 854 E-874 D (De Herodoti malignitate).

51.1 Leonidas, the son of Anaxandridas and the brother of Cleomenes, in answer to a man who remarked, Except for your being king, you are no different from the rest of us, said, But if I were no better than you others, I should not be king.

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LEO, SON OF EURYCRATIDAS King of Sparta in the first half of the seventh century B.C.

LEONIDAS, SON OF ANAXANDRIDAS The hero of Thermopylae. These sayings were doubtless incorporated, or meant to be incorporated, in Plutarch’s Life of Leonidas, according to what he says in Moralia, 866 B; and some of them may be found in Moralia, 854 E-874 D (De Herodoti malignitate).

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