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Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon
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except to play the part of priest in matters concerning the gods and
of commander-in-chief in his relationship to men.[21]

[19] The MSS. give {au}, "is again," but the word {mentoi}, "however,"
and certain passages in "Hell." II. ii. 12, 13; II. iv. 38 suggest
the negative {ou} in place of {au}. If {au} be right, then we
should read {ephoren} in place of {basileos}, "belongs to the
ephors."

[20] Technically the {tamiai}.

[21] See Aristot. "Pol." iii. 14.



XIV[1]

Now, if the question be put to me, Do you maintain that the laws of
Lycurgus remain still to this day unchanged? that indeed is an
assertion which I should no longer venture to maintain; knowing, as I
do, that in former times the Lacedaemonians preferred to live at home
on moderate means, content to associate exclusively with themselves
rather than to play the part of governor-general[2] in foreign states
and to be corrupted by flattery; knowing further, as I do, that
formerly they dreaded to be detected in the possession of gold,
whereas nowadays there are not a few who make it their glory and their
boast to be possessed of it. I am very well aware that in former days
alien acts[3] were put in force for this very object. To live abroad
was not allowed. And why? Simply in order that the citizens of Sparta
might not take the infection of dishonesty and light-living from
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