Add to your strength or cut your pride.
Archidamus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus 8 (218e)
Add to your strength or cut your pride.
Archidamus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus 8 (218e)
The source
"Add to your strength or cut your pride." Archidamus said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus 8 (218e). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ἢ τῇ δυνάμει πρόσθες ἔφη ἢ τοῦ φρονήματος ὕφες."Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus 8 (218e). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus.
Who said it
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
Questions
- Who said "Add to your strength or cut your pride."?
- Archidamus (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Zeuxidamus 8 (218e).
- What is the original Greek?
- ἢ τῇ δυνάμει πρόσθες ἔφη ἢ τοῦ φρονήματος ὕφες. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
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Wear Archidamus
Blot out the sun? Good. We'll fight in the shade.
Dienekes, Herodotus, Histories 7.226
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With it or on it.
Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women 241f
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Sword too short? Take one step closer.
Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 18 (241f)
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They're close? Then so are we.
Leonidas, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Leonidas 7 (225b)
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