And the men of old, in my opinion, did not regard bravery as a lack of fear, but as fear of reproach and dread of disgrace. For the men who feel most dread of the laws have most courage in facing their enemies; and those shun death least who most fear ill fame.

Therefore it has been well saidBy Stasinus of Cyprus. Cf. Plato, , 12a; Kinkel, i. p. 30.: . . . for where dread is, there also is reverence. And Homer says, iii. 172, Helen to Priam.: Revered art thou by me, dear father-in-law, and dreaded too; and Without a word, in dread of their leaders., iv. 431, of the Achaeans marshalled for battle. For by the multitude reverence is most apt to be felt towards those whom they also fear. For this reason, too, the Lacedaemonians erected a temple to Fear alongside the mess-hall of the ephors, after they had endowed this magistracy with almost absolute powers.