Lucky you missed the bandits? Lucky they missed us.
The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 36 (234b)
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The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 36 (234b)
"Lucky you missed the bandits? Lucky they missed us." The Spartans said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 36 (234b). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνοι μὴ περιτυχόντες ἡμῖν."Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 36 (234b). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus.
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
Lucky you missed the bandits? Lucky they missed us.
The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 36 (234b)
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