ISBN: 9781477459881

To write the praises of Agesilaus in language equalling his virtue and renown is, I know, no easy task; yet must it be essayed; since it were but an ill requital of pre-eminence, that, on… mais…

To write the praises of Agesilaus in language equalling his virtue and renown is, I know, no easy task; yet must it be essayed; since it were but an ill requital of pre-eminence, that, on the ground of his perfection, a good man should forfeit the tribute even of imperfect praise. As touching, therefore, the excellency of his birth, what weightier, what nobler testimony can be adduced than this one fact? To the commemorative list of famous ancestry is added to-day the name (1) Agesilaus as holding this or that numerical descent from Heracles, and these ancestors no private persons, but kings sprung from the loins of kings. Nor is it open to the gainsayer to contend that they were kings indeed but of some chance city. Not so, but even as their family holds highest honour in their fatherland, so too is their city the most glorious in Hellas, whereby they hold, not primacy over the second best, but among leaders they have leadership. (1) Or, even to-day, in the proud bead-roll of his ancestry he stands commemorated, in numerical descent from Heracles. And herein it is open to us to praise both his fatherland and his family. It is notable that never throughout these ages has Lacedaemon, out of envy of the privilege accorded to her kings, tried to dissolve their rule; nor ever yet throughout these ages have her kings strained after greater powers than those which limited their heritage of kingship from the first. Wherefore, while all other forms of government, democracies and oligarchies, tyrannies and monarchies, alike have failed to maintain their continuity unbroken, here, as the sole exception, endures indissolubly their kingship. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Ancient Hist>Ancient Greece, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781477459881

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ISBN: 9781477459881

We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore ha… mais…

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ISBN: 9781477459881

Agesilaus, by Xenophon. Xenophon was a greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher (430B.C.-534B.C.) Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Ancient Hist>Ancient Greece, CreateSpac… mais…

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ISBN: 9781477459881

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