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Book XI · 40 · George Long (1862)

40. Socrates excused himself to Perdiccas for not going to him, saying, It is…

S ocrates excused himself to Perdiccas for not going to him, saying, It is because I would not perish by the worst of all ends, that is, I would not receive a favour and then be unable to return it.

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XI.39

The Lacedaemonians at their public spectacles used to set seats in the shade for strangers, but themselves sat down anyw…