Our border is wherever the spear reaches.
Archidamus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Agesilaus 2 (218f)
Our border is wherever the spear reaches.
Archidamus, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Agesilaus 2 (218f)
The source
"Our border is wherever the spear reaches." Archidamus said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Agesilaus 2 (218f). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ἐρωτηθεὶς δὲ πόσης χώρας κρατοῦσιν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται ὅσης ἄν ἔφη τῷ δόρατι ἐφίκωνται."Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Agesilaus 2 (218f). 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 "Our border is wherever the spear reaches."?
- Archidamus (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Archidamus son of Agesilaus 2 (218f).
- What is the original Greek?
- ἐρωτηθεὶς δὲ πόσης χώρας κρατοῦσιν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται ὅσης ἄν ἔφη τῷ δόρατι ἐφίκωνται. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
Filed under Laconic.
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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