Archidamus

And I expect you also to share my feelings when you reflect that, while until the present day we seem to have been unfortunate in our contest with the Thebans,[*](Since the battle of Leuctra.) and to have been overcome in body because of the mistakes of our leader,[*](Cleombrotus the king was partly blamed for the Spartan defeat at Leuctra.) yet up to this moment we possess our spirits unconquered;