No  dMM  h«  was  umpered  at  home ;  perfaaps,  loo,
fma  a  man  seiibdnwn,  when  now  near  miy,  from  bis
(teen  eaiatr,  great  action  in  a  new  one  of  any  kind
ceuld  not  be  looked  for.  Plutarch  giTeSi  among  i>u-
mawMa  apedhthegBiata,  hie  letter  to  ne  ephora  on  his
neaU:  **  W»  have  teduead  meat  of  Asia,  drifM  badt
lha  haifaariane,  laado  arma  abundant  iu  lonta.  But
HKa  m  bid  me,  eecordiog  to  the  decree,  coom  home,
I  aUf  MIew  my  letter,  may  perh^  b*  even  before  it.
For  my  cemnaod  ia  not  mine,  but  my  country's  and
her  allice'.  And  m  commander  then  comtnsnds  trply
sccoidiog  to  right  when  he  sees  hi*  own  conmaoder
ia  Lbs  lawa  aM  epbors,  or  others  holding  office  id  the
ilata."  Aleo,  an  exclamation  on  bearing  of  the  battle
ef  Coriaib :  '*  Alaa  for  Greece !  she  baeltilled  eooi^
ef  bar  eona  to  have  eoflqoeced  all  the  bnrbaiiBna.**  Of
hit  courage,  temperanoe,  and  bardlneea,  many  instan-
csa  an  givea  :  lo  these  he  added,  even  in  excess,  the
kss  Spartan  qualities  of  kindliness  and  tenderness  as
a  father  and  a  friend.  Thus  we  have  the  story  of  bis
■idiaf  aooao  a  stick  with  bis  children ;  and,  to  gratify
bii  aoa'e  aAeliOB  for  Cleooyaroa,  ei»-of  iIm  cu^it,
ba  sowed  Spbodriaa  from  the  ^niahunat  due,,  ia  right
asd  p^icy,  for  bis  iacunrioa  mlo  Attica  in  378.  So,
loo.tbcBppoiiiUaentof  Pisander.  (Ftd.  Pisander.)  A
knar  «f  au  runs,  "  If  Nicies  is  innocent,  acquit  bim
fat  that;  if  gaiky.  Cor  my  take ;  any  bow,  ac«iuii  biin."
fim  Spaitaa  capidiiy  and  disboneaty,  awl  ntoatly,
•MB  ia  paUie  We.  from  ill  &itb,  his  eharteter  io  elesr.
