Selecta ex Aeliano

occupied at Decelea taking a late afternoon walk, they were sent a message: "Do not walk." This was because they seemed to be indulging themselves rather than training their bodies. It was necessary for Lacedaemonians to acquire health through gymnasia, not through walking.

VIII. (Book 2, 6.)

Hippomachus, the trainer, is said to have struck an athlete under his tutelage with his staff after he had finished a wrestling match. When the entire surrounding crowd cheered, he said: "You have done this badly and not as you should have, even though it ought to have been done better. For these people would not have applauded you if you had performed technically well." He meant that those who do all things well and beautifully should not seek to please the many, but rather those who possess the theoretical intellect to judge what is done.

IX. (Book 2, 15.)

Certain men of Clazomenae arrived in Sparta and, exhibiting insolence and arrogance, smeared soot on the chairs of the Ephors Spartan magistrates, where they were accustomed to sit to conduct business and settle matters of state. When the Ephors learned of this, they were not angry, but called the public crier and ordered him to proclaim this very thing to the public:

"Let it be permitted for the Clazomenians to behave indecently."