Lacaenarum Apophthegmata
Choose a text
id="mobileReaderAuthor" class="mobile-reader-author" href="/authors/plutarch" aria-label="More works by Plutarch (plutarch)">
—
⋯
Original / primary: Perseus Eng2
3.1
3.1
Gyrtias, when on a time Acrotatus, her grandson, in a fight with other boys received many blows, and was brought home for dead, and the family and friends were all wailing, said,
3.1
Will you not stop your noise ? He has shown from what blood he was sprung.
3.1
And she said that people who were good for anything should not scream, but should try to find some remedy.
3.1
1
3.2
3.2
When a messenger came from Crete bringing the news of the death of Acrotatus,
3.2
1
3.2
she said,
3.2
When he had come to the enemy, was he not bound either to be slain by them or to slay them ? It is more pleasing to hear that he died in a manner worthy of myself, his country, and his ancestors than if he had lived for all time a coward.
3.2
2