43.5
As he was about to engage in the naval battle at Arginusae, Hermon the pilot said that it would be well to sail away, for the ships of the Athenians were many more in number; but Callicratidas said, And what of that? To flee is a disgrace and an injury to Sparta. No; to stay here, be it death or be it victory, is best. Cf. Xenophon, Hellenica, i. 6. 32; Cicero, De officiis, i. 24 (84).
43.6
As he offered sacrifice before the battle, and heard from the seer that the indications of the omens were victory for the army, but death for its commander, he said, not at all disconcerted, Sparta’s fate rests not with one man. For, if I am killed, my country will not be impaired in any way; but if I yield to the enemy, it will be. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Pelopidas, chap. ii. (177 D). And so, after appointing Cleander to take his place as commander, he put forth without delay for the naval engagement, and met his death in the battle.
CLEOMBROTUS, SON OF PAUSANIAS King of Sparta, 380-371 B.C.
44.1
Cleombrotus, the son of Pausanias, when a man from abroad was disputing with Cleombrotus’s father about excellence, said, My father is a better man than you — until you too have become a father. Cf. Moralia, 227 F (14), infra, and Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xv. (48 C).
CLEOMENES, SON OF ANAXANDRIDAS King of Sparta, circa, 517-488 B.C.
45.1
Cleomenes, the son of Anaxandridas, said that Homer was the poet of the Spartans, and Hesiod of the Helots; for Homer had given the necessary directions for fighting, and Hesiod for farming. Cf. Aelian, Varia Historia, xiii. 19.
45.2
Having made an armistice of seven days with the Argives, he kept a watch on them, and on the third night, when they were sleeping because of their reliance on the truce, he attacked them, and slew some and took the others prisoners. Cf. Cicero, De officiis, i. 10 (33). Herodotus, vi. 78-79 (followed by other writers), relates that Cleomenes defeated the Argives by a different.
