Hiero the Tyrant And Other Treatises (Penguin Classics)
“their way: For a revealing vignette of Agesilaus at work, see A History of My Times 5.4.28; cf. Plutarch, Agesilaus 4.5.
2. of wealth: Cynisca (‘Puppy’) was probably Agesilaus’ full sister. Xenophon significantly under-reports her achievement: in 396, she was the first woman ever to win the four-horse chariot-race at Olympia, and moreover won it again at the next games of 392. Pausanias 3.15.1, 5.111.5 (Penguin Guide to Greece, vol. 2, pp. 50, 231–2) mentions her commemorative dedication at Olympia and the hero-shrine to her at Sparta.
3. his renown… there is: Similar words and sentiments are found at Hiero 11.5 – 8, especially 11.7; cf. 4.6 and Herodotus 5.111.
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