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Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά

Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά Plutarch
2.71 He made war continually upon the Thebans, and when he was wounded in the battle, In the invasion of Boeotia in 378 B.C. they say that Antalcidas exclaimed, This is a fine reward which you are receiving from the Thebans for giving them lessons in fighting when they had no desire to fight, and no knowledge even of fighting! For, as a fact, they say that the Thebans at that time were more warlike than they had ever been before, owing to the many campaigns of the Spartans against them. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxvi. (610 D); Life of Pelopidas, cap. xv. (285 D); Moralia, 227 C, infra. It was for this reason that Lycurgus of old, in his so-called Decrees, forbade campaigning frequently against the same peoples, so that these should not learn to make war. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xiii. (47 D), Moralia, 189 F, supra; Polyaenus, Strategemata, i. 16. 2.
2.72 When he heard once that the allies had come to be disaffected because of the continual campaigning (for they in great numbers followed the Spartans who were but few), wishing to bring their numbers to the proof, he gave orders that the allies all sit down together indiscriminately and the Spartans separately by themselves; and then, through the herald, he commanded the potters to stand up first; and when these had done so, he commanded the smiths to stand up next, and then the carpenters in turn, and the builders, and each of the other trades. As a result, pretty nearly all of the allies stood up, but of the Spartans not a single one; for there was a prohibition against their practising or learning any menial calling. And so Agesilaus, with a laugh, said, You see, men, how many more soldiers we send out than you do. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxvi. (610 E); Polyaenus, Strategemata, ii. 1. 7.

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