Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά

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53.21 In answer to the man who was insistent that he establish a democracy in the State Lycurgus said, Do you first create a democracy in your own house. Cf. the note on Moralia, 189 E (2), supra.

53.22 When someone inquired why he ordained such small and inexpensive sacrifices to the gods, he said, So that we may honour the Divine powers without ceasing. Cf. the note on Moralia, 172 B, supra.

53.23 As he permitted the citizens to engage only in that kind of athletic contests in which the arm is not held up, As a sign of defeat; Cf. E. Norman Gardiner, Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals, (London, 1910), p. 415. somebody inquired what was the reason. He replied, So that no one of the citizens shall get the habit of crying quits in the midst of a hard struggle. Cf. the note on 189 E (4), supra.

53.24 When someone asked why he ordered a frequent change of camping-place, he said,So that we may inflict greater injury upon our enemies. Cf. Xenophon, Constitution of Sparta, 12. 5.

53.25 When someone sought to know why he forbade assaults on walled places, he said, So that valiant men may not suffer death at the hands of a woman or a child or some such person. Cf. Plutarch’s Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, 477 D. As a matter of fact, the Spartans were quite without ability to attack a walled town, as is clear from Herodotus, ix. 70, and Thucydides, i. 102.