Lacaenarum Apophthegmata

Plutarch

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

Another, hearing that her son had fallen on the field of battle, said:[*](Cf.Moralia, 235 a, supra.)

  1. Let the poor cowards be mourned, but, with never a tear do I bury
  2. You, my son, who are mine, yea, and are Sparta’s as well.