"Lacedaemonian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were to go into a Lacedaemonian palestra, Theodorus, would you have a right to look on at the naked wrestlers, some of them making a poor figure, if you did not strip and give them an opportunity of judging of your ...
— Theaetetus • Plato
... here called Amyclides, as though being the son of Amycla, whereas, in line 196 he is called 'Oebalides,' as though the son of Oebalus. Pausamas and Apollodorus (in one instance) say that he was the son of Amycla, the Lacedaemonian, who founded the city of Amyclae; though, in another place, Apollodorus says that Pierus was his father. On the other hand, Hyginus, Lucian, and Servius say that he was the son of Oebalus. Some explain 'Amyclide,' as meaning 'born at Amyclae;' ...
— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes - and Explanations • Publius Ovidius Naso |
