Lysander and Egesilaus - A Brief Conversation

Lysander was the man that egesilaus needed to make personally suffer insult after insult. And nothing short of direct, unambiguous, public humiliation would do the job. Here were two of sparta's most brilliant and ambitious leaders ever. They entered into manhood as best of friends. Knew each other on the most intimate terms,. shared the kind of bond that only can be enjoyed by two contrarians who grew up together in a small town. Now they both had come to realize bitterly that the campaign simply wasn't big enough for both of them. But lysander simply replied, well, perhaps agesilaus, you are acting more properly than i was.