At Lacedaemon there is no widowĦ so noble that will not go upon the stage, if engaged for a certain sum. |306 In Greece it is considered an honour to young men to have as many For to Cimon, an eminent man among the Athenians, it was thought no disgrace to have his half-sister,Ĥ by the father's side, in marriage, as his countrymen followed the same practice but such a union, according to the order of things among us, is deemed unlawful. If these readers will but understand that the same things are not becoming or unbecoming among all people, but that every thing is judged by the usages of men's forefathers, they will not wonder that we, in setting forth the excellencies of the Greeks, have had regard to their manners. But these will be such, for the most part, as, being unacquainted with Greek literature, will think nothing right but what agrees with their own customs. I do not doubt that there will be many, 1 Atticus, who will think this kind of writingĢ trifling in its nature, and not sufficiently adapted to the characters of eminent men, when they shall find it related who taught Epaminondas music, or see it numbered among his accomplishments, that he danced gracefully, and played skilfully on the flutesģ. 305-450Ĭornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp. Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders (1886) pp.
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