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92; Plut. "Ages. " xxxvii. (Clough, iv. 44 foll. ) (39) I. E. "Nectanebos and a certain Mendesian. " III Such, then, is the chronicle of this man's achievements, or of such ofthem as were wrought in the presence of a thousand witnesses. Being ofthis sort they have no need of further testimony; the mere recital ofthem is sufficient, and they at once win credence. But now I willendeavour to reveal the excellence indwelling in his soul, the motivepower of his acts, in virtue of which he clung to a...ll thingshonourable and thrust aside all baseness. Agesilaus showed such reverence for things divine that even hisenemies regarded his oaths and solemn treaties as more to be relied onthan the tie of friendship amongst themselves. These same men, whowould shrink from too close intercourse with one another, deliveredthemselves into the hands of Agesilaus without fear. And lest theassertion should excite discredit, I may name some illustriousexamples. Such was Spithridates the Persian, who knew thatPharnabazus, (1) whilst negotiating to marry the daughter of the greatking, was minded to seize his own daughter unwedded.
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