Note 408 — Chapter LXXVIII · BATTLE OF LEUKTRA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
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Xen. Hellen. vi, 5, 24. Καὶ γὰρ οἱ μὲν Βοιωτοὶ πάντες ἐγυμνάζοντο περὶ τὰ ὅπλα, ἀγαλλόμενοι τῇ ἐν Λεύκτροις νίκῃ, etc.
These are remarkable words from the unwilling pen of Xenophon: compare vii, 5, 12.