# Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία 8.3

Xenophon, Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-6/8.3

εἰκὸς δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς ἐφορείας δύναμιν τοὺς αὐτοὺς τούτους συγκατασκευάσαι, ἐπείπερ ἔγνωσαν τὸ πείθεσθαι μέγιστον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι καὶ ἐν πόλει καὶ ἐν στρατιᾷ καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ· ὅσῳ γὰρ μείζω δύναμιν ἔχει ἡ ἀρχή, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἂν ἡγήσαντο αὐτὴν καὶ καταπλήξειν τοὺς πολίτας .

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Xenophon, Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. 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/tlg0032.tlg010.local001/.