See separate page bAgesipolis, son of Cleombrotus 3ġ Agesipolis, son of Cleombrotus, when somebody said that Philip in a few days had razed Olynthus to the ground, said, "By Heaven, he will not build another like it in many years!" 4Ģ 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."ģ When he wished to send for some dogs from home, and some said, "There is no such export permitted from there," he said, c"Nor was there of men before this but now it has been done!"Īgesipolis, the son of Pausanias, when the Athenians 1 When someone expressed surprise to Agasicles, king of the Spartans, because, although he was very fond of reading and lectures, yet he would not admit to his presence Philophanes, a learned man, he said, "I want to be a pupil of those whose son I should like to be as well."Ģ In answer to a man who raised the question how anyone could possibly rule in safety without the protection of a bodyguard, he said, "If one rules his subjects as fathers rule their sons." 2 208c‑215a pp243‑285
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