Note 562 — AUTHORITIES IN DETAIL—GREEK (continued 4)
Reading edition
That this neglect was not a new thing seems shewn by the saying of Alexander that the Thessalians deserved no consideration, ὅτι τὴν ἀρίστην κεκτημένοι οὐ γεωργοῦσι. Plut apophth Alex 22.