Agesilaus, the latter con

[Fies Wellendorf]

Jebb's note ad loc. In his judgment it was a greater misfortune

to neglect things good and virtuous, knowing them to be so, than in
ignorance. Nor was he enamoured
of any reputation, the essentials of which he had not
laboriously achieved. (7) (7) Or, "for which he did not qualify himself
by the appropriate labour."
He was one of the small band, as it seemed to me, who regard virtue,
not as a thing to be patiently endured, (8) but as a supreme enjoyment.
At any
rate, to win the praise of mankind
gave him a deeper pleasure than the acquisition of wealth; and he
preferred to display courage far rather in conjunction with prudence
than with unnecessary risks, and to cultivate wisdom in action more
than by verbal discussion.
(8) Or, "as a system of stoical endurance," "a kind of stoicism." But
we must
not let Xenophon, who is a Socratic, talk of the Stoa. If we knew
certainly that the chapter was a much later production, the language
would be appropriate enough. Very gentle to his friends, to his enemies
he was most terrible. Whilst he could hold out against toil

and trouble with the best, nothing pleased him better than yielding to
his comrades. But passion was kindled in him by beauty

of deed rather than of person. (9)
(9) Or, "beauteous deeds rather than bodily splendour." Skilled in the
exercise of self-command in the midst of external welfare, he could be
stout of heart enough in stress of danger. Urbanity he practised, not
with jest and witticism, but by the courtesy of his demeanour. In spite
of a certain haughtiness,
he was never overbearing, but rich in saving common sense. At any rate,
while pouring contempt upon arrogance, he bore himself more humbly than
the most ordinary man. In fact, what he truly took a pride in was the
simplicity of his own attire, in contrast with the splendid adornment
of h
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