he who must step aside for others to pass, or, being seated, he must
rise and make room, even for a younger man. At home he will have his
maiden relatives to support in isolation (and they will hold him to
blame for their unwedded lives).[4] A hearth with no wife to bless it
--that is a condition he must face,[5] and yet he will have to pay
damages to the last farthing for incurring it. Let him not roam abroad
with a smooth and smiling countenance;[6] let him not imitate men
whose fame is irreproachable, or he shall feel on his back the blows
of his superiors. Such being the weight of infamy which is laid upon
all cowards, I, for my part, am not surprised if in Sparta they deem
death preferable to a life so steeped in dishonour and reproach.

[2] See Lucian, "Anacharsis," 38; Muller, "Dorians," (vol. ii. 309,
Eng. tr.)

[3] The {khoroi}, e.g. of the Gymnopaedia. See Muller, op. cit. iv. 6,
4 (vol. ii. 334, Eng. tr.)

[4] {tes anandrias}, cf. Plut. "Ages." 30; or, {tes anandreias}, "they
must bear the reproach of his cowardice."

[5] Omitting {ou}, or translate, "that is an evil not to be
disregarded." See Dindorf, ad loc.; Sturz, "Lex. Xen." {Estia}.

[6] See Plut. "Ages." 30 (Clough, iv. 36); "Hell." VI. iv. 16.



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