Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata

Plutarch

Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. III. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931 (printing).

The sons of Pyrrhus, when they were children

asked their father to whom he intended to leave the kingdom; and he said, To that one of you who keeps his sword sharper. [*](Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Pyrrhus, chap. ix. (388 A).)

Being asked whether Python or Caphisias were the better flute-player he said, Polysperchon is the better general. [*](Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Pyrrhus, chap. viii. (387 D).)