Will you be good if I buy you? Even if you don't.

The source

"Will you be good if I buy you? Even if you don't." Spartan woman said it in Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 29 (242c). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"εἰ ἔσται ἀγαθή, ἂν αὐτὴν ἀγοράσῃ, εἶπε κἂν μὴ ἀγοράσῃς."

Original Greek, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 29 (242c). Greek: Bernardakis 1889 (Teubner) via Perseus; A Spartan woman sold as a captive.

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 "Will you be good if I buy you? Even if you don't."?

Spartan woman (8th–4th century BC). Source: Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women, Anonymous 29 (242c).

What is the original Greek?

εἰ ἔσται ἀγαθή, ἂν αὐτὴν ἀγοράσῃ, εἶπε κἂν μὴ ἀγοράσῃς. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.