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Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) | 28 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Pindar, Odes (ed. Diane Arnson Svarlien) | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Xenophon, Memorabilia (ed. E. C. Marchant), Book 3, chapter 12 (search)
On noticing that Epigenes, one of his companions, was in poor condition, for a young man, he said: “You look as if you need exercise,i)diw/ths is one who is ignorant of any profession or occupation: i)diwtikw=s e)/xein here means to be ignorant of athletic training. Epigenes.”“Well,” he replied, “I'm not an athlete, Socrates.”“Just as much as the competitors entered for Olympia,” he retorted. “Or do you count the life and death struggle with their enemies, upon which, it may be, the Athenians will enter, but a small thing?
Why, many, thanks to their bad condition, lose their life in the perils of war or save it disgracefully: many, just for this same cause, are taken prisoners, and then either pass the rest of their days, perhaps, in slavery of the hardest kind, or, after meeting with cruel sufferings and paying, sometimes, more than they have, live on, destitute and in misery. Many, again, by their bodily weakness earn infamy, being thought cowards.
Or do you despise these
Xenophon, Memorabilia (ed. E. C. Marchant), Book 3, chapter 13 (search)