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Agesilaus (5.5-5.6)

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Megabates, feeling himself slighted, tried no more to kiss him, and Agesilaus approached one of his companions with a request that he would persuade Megabates to show him honour once again.

Will you kiss him,
asked his companion,
if Megabates yields?
After a deep silence, Agesilaus gave his reply:
By the twin gods, no, not if I were straightway to be the fairest and strongest and fleetest man on earth! By all the gods I swear that I would rather fight that same battle over again than that everything I see should turn into gold.

What opinion some hold in regard to these matters I know well enough; but for my part I am persuaded that many more men can gain the mastery over their enemies than over impulses such as these.[*] No doubt when these things are known to few, many have a right to be sceptical: but we all know this, that the greater a mans fame, the fiercer is the light that beats on all his actions;[*] we know too that no one ever reported that he had seen Agesilaus do any such thing, and that no scandal based on conjecture would have gained credence; for it was not his

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