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Why do we lead? We're the only ones who bear men.

Gorgo, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Gorgo 5 (240e)

The source

"Why do we lead? We're the only ones who bear men." Gorgo said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Gorgo 5 (240e). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"ὅτι ἔφη καί τίκτομεν μόναι ἄνδρας."

Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Gorgo 5 (240e). 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 "Why do we lead? We're the only ones who bear men."?
Gorgo (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Gorgo 5 (240e).
What is the original Greek?
ὅτι ἔφη καί τίκτομεν μόναι ἄνδρας. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Laconic.

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