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Uneducated? We alone learned nothing bad from you.

Antalcidas, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Antalcidas 2 (217d)

The source

"Uneducated? We alone learned nothing bad from you." Antalcidas said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Antalcidas 2 (217d). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"μόνοι γοῦν εἶπεν ἡμεῖς οὐδὲν μεμαθήκαμεν παρʼ ὑμῶν κακόν."

Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Antalcidas 2 (217d). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus; Reply to an Athenian.

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 "Uneducated? We alone learned nothing bad from you."?
Antalcidas (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartans, Antalcidas 2 (217d).
What is the original Greek?
μόνοι γοῦν εἶπεν ἡμεῖς οὐδὲν μεμαθήκαμεν παρʼ ὑμῶν κακόν. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Laconic.

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