63.1
The Younger Agis, referring to the assertion of Demades that jugglers use the Spartan swords for swallowing because of their small size, said, But it is a fact that the Spartans, above all men, reach their enemies with their swords. Cf. Moralia, 216 C, infra, and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xix. (51 E).
63.2
When the Ephors ordered him to turn over soldiers to a traitor to lead, he said that he did not entrust another’s men to the man that betrayed his own. Attributed to Agis II. in Moralia, 215 C.
CLEOMENES Cleomenes II., king of Sparta, 370-309 B.C.
64.1
Somebody promised to give to Cleomenes cocks that would die fighting, but he retorted, No, don’t, but give me those that kill fighting. Cf. Moralia, 224 B, infra, and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xx. (52 E).
PAEDARETUS Spartan general at the time of the Peloponnesian war; also spelled Paedaritus (and Pedaritus?).
65.1
When Paedaretus was not chosen to be one of the three hundred, Cf. Herodotus, vii. 205, and viii. 124; Thucydides, v. 72; Xenophon, Constitution of Sparta, 4.3. an honour which ranked highest in the State, he departed, cheerful and smiling, with the remark that he was glad if the State possessed three hundred citizens better than himself. Cf. Moralia, 231 B, and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxv. (55 C).
DAMONIDAS
66.1
When Damonidas was assigned to the last place in the chorus by the director, he said, Good ! You have discovered a way by which even this place may come to be held in honour. Cf. Moralia, 149 A and 219 E. A similar remark is attributed to Agesilaus in Moralia, 208 D, and the idea is also accredited to Aristippus by Diogenes Laertius, ii. 73.
NICOSTRATUS