Stand on one leg that long? Any goose can.
The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 18 (233b)
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The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 18 (233b)
"Stand on one leg that long? Any goose can." The Spartans said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 18 (233b). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"τῶν μέντοι χηνῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις οὔ."Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 18 (233b). 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.
Stand on one leg that long? Any goose can.
The Spartans, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Anonymous 18 (233b)
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Dienekes, Herodotus, Histories 7.226
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Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 18 (241f)
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Leonidas, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Leonidas 7 (225b)
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