Agesilaus II Quotes
If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.
Agesilaus II, 444 BC-360 BC, Spartan King, Statement on his deathbed about a plan to erect a statue of him, Quoted in S.A. Bent, Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men, 1887
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Agesilaus II (/əˌdʒɛsəˈleɪəs/; Greek: Ἀγησίλαος Agesilaos; c. 444/443 – c. 360 BC), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta and a member of the Eurypontid dynasty ruling from 398 to about 360 BC usually, in Plutarch's words, "as good as though commander and king of all Greece" and was for the whole of it greatly identified with his country's deeds and fortunes. Small in stature and lame from birth, Agesilaus became ruler somewhat unexpectedly in his mid-forties. His reign saw successful military incursions into various states in Asia Minor, as well as successes in the Corinthian War, but several diplomatic decisions resulted in Sparta becoming increasingly isolated prior to his death at the age of 84 in Cyrenaica.
