Lacaenarum Apophthegmata

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.

ἄλλη ἀκούσασα τὸν υἱὸν ἐν παρατάξει πεσόντα ἔφη δειλοὶ κλαιέσθωσαν· ἐγὼ δέ σε, τέκνον, ἄδακρυς καὶ ἱλαρὰ θάπτω τὸν καὶ ἐμὸν καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιον.