Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

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

Ἀνταλκίδας ἐν Σαμοθρᾴκῃ μυούμενος,

ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱερέως τί δεινότερον δέδρακεν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, εἴ τί μοι πέπρακται τοιοῦτον, εἴσονται, εἶπεν, αὐτοὶ οἱ θεοί.