Histories

So when Alexander had made an end of speaking, the envoys from Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta said, “We on our part have been sent by the Lacedaemonians to entreat you to do nothing harmful to Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas and accept no offer from the barbarian.

That would be unjust and dishonorable for any Greek, but for you most of all, on many counts; it was you who stirred up this war, by no desire of ours, and your territory was first the stake of that battle in which all Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas is now engaged.