# Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά 17-2-18

Plutarch, Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά, 17 to 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-17/17-2

εἰπόντος δέ τινος, διὰ τί πολεμοῦντας ὑμῖν Ἀργείους πολλάκις κρατήσαντες οὐκ ἀνῃρήκατε; οὐδʼ ἂν ἀνέλοιμεν, ἔφη, ὡς ἂν γυμναστὰς τοῖς νέοισιν ἔχοιμεν. πυνθανομένου δέ τινος αὐτοῦ διὰ τί Σπαρτιᾶται τοῖς θεοῖς οὐκ ἀνατιθέασι τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων σκῦλα, ὅτι, ἔφη, ἀπὸ δειλῶν ἐστι.

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Plutarch, Ἀποφθέγματα Λακωνικά, ed. Frank Cole Babbitt. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0007.tlg082.local001/.