Tissaphernes, at the outset, in fear of Agesilaus, made a treaty, agreeing that the king should leave him the Greek cities free and independent, but, after sending for a great army from the king, he [p. 249] declared war on Agesilaus unless he should depart from Asia. Agesilaus gladly welcomed the transgression, and set forth as if he were intending to advance into Cari a; and when Tissaphernes had concentrated his forces there, Agesilaus, by a rapid movement thence, invaded Phrygia; and having taken very many cities and a wealth of spoil, he said to his friends, ‘To do wrong after making a treaty is impious, but to outwit the enemy is not only right and reputable, but also pleasant and profitable.’ 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Agesilaus, chap. ix. (600 C): Xenophon, Hellenica, iii. 4. 5 ff., Agesilaus, 1. 10; Diodorus, xiv. 79; Polyaenus, Strategemata, ii. 1. 8-9; Cornelius Nepos, xvii., Agesilaus 2 and 3; Frontinus, Strategemata, i. 8. 12.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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