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ὅθεν ἦσαν ἀνυπόστατοι τὰ φρονήματα, καί τῇ δόξῃ καταπληττόμενοι τοὺς ἀντιταττομένους, οὐδὲ αὐτοὺς ἀξιοῦντας ἀπ᾽ ἴσης δυνάμεως τὸ ἴσον φέρεσθαι Σπαρτιάταις, εἰς χεῖρας συνέστησαν, ἐκείνη δὲ ἡ μάχη πρώτη καί τοὺς ἄλλους ἐδίδαξεν Ἕλληνας ὡς οὐχ ὁ Εὐρώτας οὐδ᾽ ὁ μεταξὺ Βαβύκας καί Κνακιῶνος τόπος ἄνδρας ἐκφέρει μαχητὰς καί πολεμικούς, ἀλλὰ παρ᾽ οἷς ἂν αἰσχύνεσθαι τὰ αἰσχρὰ καί τολμᾶν ἐπὶ τοῖς καλοῖς ἐθέλοντες ἐγγένωνται νέοι καί τοὺς ψόγους τῶν κινδύνων μᾶλλον φεύγοντες, οὗτοι φοβερώτατοι τοῖς ἐναντίοις εἰσί.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 5.
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