3.2
When someone else remarked that he while king had been made hostage with those in the prime of life, and not their children or their women, he said, That is but just, for it is good that we ourselves should bear the consequences of our own mistakes.
3.3
When he wished to send for some dogs from home, and someone said, There is no such export permitted from there, he said, Nor was there of men before this; but now it has been done!
AGESIPOLIS, SON OF PAUSANIAS King of Sparta, 394-380 B.C.
4.1
Agesipolis, the son of Pausanias, when the Athenians offered to accept the city of Megara as arbitrator regarding some complaints which they had each against the other, said, It is a shame, men of Athens, that those who have held the hegemony of the Greeks should know less about justice than the Megarians.
AGIS, SON OF ARCHIDAMUS Agis II., king of Sparta, 427-401 B.C. Some of the sayings attributed to him here should doubtless be assigned to the younger Agis (Agis III.).
5.1
Once upon a time the Ephors said to Agis the son of Archidamus, Take the young men and march against the country of this man here. He will himself guide you to its citadel. And how, sirs, said Agis, is it right to entrust so many youths to a man who is betraying his own country? See the note on Moralia, 191 E (2), supra, where the saying is attributed to the younger Agis.
5.2
Being asked what form of instruction was most in vogue in Sparta, he said, Knowledge of how to rule and to be ruled. Cf. the note on 212 C (51), supra.