[1]: εἶναι F.C.B.: εἰμι. Hartman would omit εἰμι.
[2]: ἔφη added by Bernardakis after οἶνος, but it seems more likely to have dropped out after προσφέρῃ (προσφέρει or προσφέροι most mss.).
[3]: ἅνθρωπος E. Kurtz: ἄνθρωπος.
[4]: ἐπιδεικνύουσιν] ἀποδεικνύουσι Hartman.
[5]: Hartman would omit καὶ οὐχ ἁπλῆν and οὐδὲ πάντα ἀναδέχομαι.
[6]: νὴ τὼ θεώ] ναὶ τὼ σιώ Cobet.
[7]: After κελεύσαντος δέ the mss. have ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὡς δοκεῖ στρατεύεσθαι, which is pretty clearly an explanatory clause which has become incorporated in the text: deleted by Wyttenbach.
[8]: ἀδικεῖν as in the Life of Agesilaus, chap. ix.: ἀδίκως.
[9]: ἵππον] ἵππον ἕκαστον ibid.
[10]: ἀπολυόμενον] ἀπολυομένους in some mss.
[11]: μάχεσθε] μαχεῖσθε in some mss.
[12]: ἐντὸς added by F.C.B.
[13]: κἂν F.C.B.: καὶ.
[14]: ἀποδειλιᾷ F.C.B.: ἀπὸ δειλίας (φίλημα, εἰ ἐθέλει καὶ μὴ ἀποδειλιάσει Kronenberg).
[15]: δεῖ Wyttenbach (δεινὸν Kronenberg): δεῖν.
[16]: ἡμᾶς] ὑμᾶς Kronenberg from the Life of Agesilaus, chap. xi. There are more elaborate attempts to improve the passage (dependent mostly on the Life of Agesilaus ibid.); cf. the editions of Wyttenbach and Bernardakis.
[17]: δὴ F.C.B. (probably corrupted to δεῖ and then into the infinitive): δεῖν. προσήκειν in the line above should be kept, as it stands in Xenophon, Agesilaus, 5. 2, the source of the quotation.
[18]: ἀμώμεθα] μώμεθα Valckenaer, μνώμεθα S. A. Naber.
[19]: μελετῶν or ἀσκῶν F.C.B.: λέγων.
[20]: πώματα the preferred form: πόματα.
[21]: κεκομικότας] κομίζοντας some mss.
[22]: διαδοῦναι] διαδιδοῦσθαι some mss.
[23]: ἀποθεώσεσι] ἀποθεώσει van Herwerden.
[24]: θεούς added by Bernardakis, but it is not absolutely necessary.
[25]: στρογγύλ’ ἂν Bernardakis; στρογγύλα.
[26]: φθάνοι] there are grounds for emending to τοῦτ’ ἂν φθάνῃ.
[27]: τοῦ, not in the mss. apparently, seems necessary.
[28]: Σπαρτιάτας in the Life of Agesilaus, chap. xv.: στρατιώτας.
[29]: Τραλλεῖς in the Life of Agesilaus, chap. xvi.: Τρωαδεῖς.
[30]: ἔδωκε ibid.: δέδωκε.
[31]: βουλεύσεσθαι ibid.: βουλεύεσθαι.
[32]: προάγειν ibid. (Cobet): προαίρειν.
[33]: Λάρισαν the regular spelling in inscriptions: Λάρισσαν.
[34]: Λάρισαν the regular spelling in inscriptions: Λάρισσαν.
[35]: τᾶς and ἃ the Doric forms for the sake of consistency: τῆς and ἣ.
[36]: τᾶς and ἃ the Doric forms for the sake of consistency: τῆς and ἣ.
[37]: κακουργούντων] κακούντων Life of Agesilaus, chap. xvi.
[38]: μόρας Turnebus: μοίρας or μυριάδας.
[39]: καθεῖσαν Life of Agesilaus, chap. xx.: καθίσασαν.
[40]: ὡς ibid. (Kronenberg).
[41]: διελθὼν Hartman: ἐπελθὼν.
[42]: πέμπεσθαι Life of Agesilaus, chap. xx.: δ’ ἕπεσθαι.
[43]: ἄρξειν Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxi.: ἄρξαι.
[44]: εἶπεν added from ibid.
[45]: Τιρίβαζον the usual spelling: τηρίβαζον.
[46]: ἥκιστα Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxiii.: κάκιστα.
[47]: δεηθήσεσθαι] δεήσεσθαι in the Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxiii., and in Stobaeus, Florilegium, vii. 72.
[48]: Stobaeus, Florilegium, liv. 49, adds πρὸς δὲ τοὺς καιροὺς λογισμόν.
[49]: παιδίοις] παιδίοις οὖσι, Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxv.
[50]: πρὶν ἂν ibid.: πρὶν.
[51]: πολλοὺς ἀκολουθοῦντας Meziriacus: πολλοὶ ἀκολουθοῦντες.
[52]: ἀτιμίαις Xylander (as clearly indicated by Moralia, 191 c, and the Life of Agesilaus, chap. xxx.): αἰτίαις.
[53]: ἀνέλοιεν Bases and E. Kurtz: ἀνέλοιμεν.
[54]: καιρίως] καιρίαν Cobet.
[55]: προμηθήσεσθαι F.C.B.: προθυμήσεσθαι or προθύσασθαι.
[56]: ὑπεστραμμένην Meziriacus: ὑπεστρωμένῃ.
[57]: εἶχεν Pantazides and E. Kurtz: ἔχειν.
[58]: συναναληφθέντες] συναλειφθέντες Pantazides.
[59]: Νεκτανάβιος Wyttenbach (as in the Life of Agesilaus, chaps. xxxvii.-xxxix.): νεκτάβιος.
[60]: διακωλύσειν Hatzidakis and E. Kurtz (from Moralia, 191 d): διακωλύειν.
[61]: Αἰγύπτου] Bernardakis prefers ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου.
[62]: αἱ ... κατοικοῦσαι Wyttenbach in his note on 190 a, and E. Kurtz: αἳ ... κατοικοῦσι.
[63]: προφερομένου Wyttenbach: προσφερομένου.
[64]: δ’ ἐσιώπων Eusebius and Wyttenbach: δὲ σιωπῶν.
[65]: εἶπεν (as in Moralia, 190 d), F.C.B.: not in mss.
[66]: κλαίειν] κλαίων Life of Agis, chap. xx.
[67]: δὲ] Bernardakis would write δ’ ἐν: Kronenberg τε.
[68]: ἐδύνασθε F.C.B.: ἠδύνασθε.
[69]: μᾶλλον added by Bernardakis.
[70]: μʼ added by F.C.B.
[71]: ἄριστα] τὰ ἄριστα Kronenberg.
[72]: Τηλέκλου Xylander: τηλέκρου.
[73]: δ’ ἐνίσταντο Wyttenbach: δὲ ἵσταντο.
[74]: διὰ τί F.C.B. (the usual formula): ὅτι.
[75]: Αρεως. Ἄρευς Cobet: αρηγεως. Ἀρηγεύς.
[76]: Χάριλλος is the usual spelling in Plutarch. The mss. of other writers also show both forms: Χαρίλαν.
[77]: Ἐπιὼν δὲ τὴν Κορινθίων πόλιν μετὰ στρατεύματος in some mss.
[78]: ἔκ του Hartman: ἐκ τοῦ.
[79]: φρονήματος ὔφες] φράσους ἄφελε Stobaeus, Flor. liii. 12.
[80]: οὗ Wyttenbach (οὗ or ᾗ Hatzidakis): οἱ (or εἰ).
[81]: μαχόμενοι Pantazides: μαχούμενοι (εὐμαχούμενοι).
[82]: ἡσυχία] ἁσυχία Valckenaer.
[83]: σιτεῖται] ζητεῖ in most mss. But see 190 a, supra.
[84]: Ἀντίπατρον Wyttenbach: Ἀντίγονον.
[85]: Βιαντος, Βίας] αναξιβιου, Ἀναξίβιος Wyttenbach, rightly without much doubt.
[86]: οὐ] μὴ 190 b (1), supra.
[87]: δήλωμαι Valckenaer: δηλῶμαι.
[88]: Δαμίνδας] Δαμιάδας (a name found in Spartan inscriptions) is suggested by Bernardakis.
[89]: Δημάρατος would be Δαμάρατος in Doric, but the Ionic influence of Herodotus may be seen.
[90]: αὐτῆς] αὑτοῦ Pantazides.
[91]: Εκπρεπους, Ἐκπρέπης Xylander and Wyttenbach: Εμπρεπους, Ἐμπρεπὴς.
[92]: χορδῶν added by Eusebius from the Life of Agis, chap. x., and Moralia 84 a.
[93]: Ἀκαδημείᾳ the better spelling: ἀκαδημίᾳ.
[94]: περισεσάλπισται] περισεσάλπιγκται Stobaeus, Flor. liv. 65.
[95]: γε Wyttenbach: δὲ.
[96]: ἂν added by van Herwerden and Pantazides.
[97]: ἐστι] ἐστι τῷ E. Kurtz.
[98]: τὰ περὶ Wyttenbach: περὶ τὰ or περὶ.
[99]: δεῖ] ἀεὶ is suggested by Wyttenbach.
[100]: ὂν added by F.C.B.
[101]: Θεμιστέας] Μεγιστίης in Herodotus, vii. 221.
[102]: ἀντέγραψεν Wyttenbach: ἐνέγραψεν.
[103]: οὐ δὴ γυναικών as in 190 a, F.C.B. (γυναικών also S. A. Naber): οὐδ’ εἰ γυναικῶν εἶπεν ἦν.
[104]: κατειληφότος] κατειληφός S. A. Naber.
[105]: τι αἰτήσαντα Madvig: διαιτήσαντά με.
[106]: Ἀρχιδάμῳ ... συμπεμφθεὶς] Ἀντιπάτρῳ ... πεμφθεὶς Wyttenbach.
[107]: καλλίω Wyttenbach (καλλίονα van Herwerden): κάλλιον.
[108]: ἢ added by F.C.B.
[109]: προσθέντα F.C.B.: προσθέντος.
[110]: προϊόντα] παριέντα Kronenberg from Life of Lysander, chap. vi.
[111]: δὲ Bernardakis: τε.
[112]: τὰ Σπάρτας Bernardakis: τᾷ Σπάρτᾳ (τὰν Σπάρταν, Life of Pelopidas, chap. ii.).
[113]: ἐστιν] ἔσται S. A. Naber.
[114]: σὺ] σὺ υἱὸν S. A. Naber.
[115]: Ἀναξανδρίδου F.C.B.: Ἀναξανδρίδεω.
[116]: μὲν] μὲν ἐμὲ Kronenberg. Better perhaps με after κακῶς.
[117]: μὲν] μὲν ἐμὲ Kronenberg. Better perhaps με after κακῶς.
[118]: πλησίον Bernardakis: πλησίων.
[119]: Μαιανδρίου, Μαιάνδριον F.C.B. (as always elsewhere): Μαίανδρου, Μαίανδρον.
[120]: Μαιανδρίου, Μαιάνδριον F.C.B. (as always elsewhere): Μαίανδρου, Μαίανδρον.
[121]: Most mss. add also τὰ γοῦν ἀπὸ τῶν κεκτημένων διὰ δειλίαν, κτλ. ... θεοῖς ἀνατιθέναι, as in 224 f (4) infra.
[122]: τοσοῦτος F.C.B.: τοσοῦτον.
[123]: ὠφελήσειεν F.C.B.: ὠφελήσειαν.
[124]: τῆς ... πύλης F.C.B.: τῇ ... πύλῃ.
[125]: ἵν’ ἅμα παύσῃ Bernardakis: ἵνα ἀναπαύσῃ.
[126]: οὐκ, ἀλλὰ πλέονας (πλίονας?) F.C.B.: οὐκ, ἄλλας or οὐκ ὀλίγους, or nothing at all (οὔκ, ἀλλ’ ἅλις or οὔκ, ἀλλὰ πολλοὺς is suggested by Bernardakis).
[127]: τᾶς παρόδω τὼς βαρβάρως Kronenberg: τὰς παρόδους τῶν βαρβάρων.
[128]: προΐμεν F.C.B.: a lacuna in one ms.: nothing in the rest.
[129]: ἆμε F.C.B.: ἄμμε.
[130]: ἢ κανέομες (κανίομες? κανέμεν?) F.C.B.: ἢ κτάμεν Bernardakis: ἥκαμες or ἥκαμεν.
[131]: σκιᾷ F.C.B. (Herodotus, vii. 226, and Stobaeus, Florilegium, vii. 46): σκιάν.
[132]: ἐγίγνωσκες F.C.B.: ἐγίνωσκες Bernardakis: γιγώσκεις or γινώσκοις.
[133]: ὡς] omitted in most mss.
[134]: διερχόμενον and ἰδόντα F.C.B. from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. viii. (which has ὁρῶντα): διέρχομενος and ἰδὼν (or μειδιάσαντα might be changed to μειδιάσας).
[135]: κτήσασθαι] κεκτῆσθαι in Life of Lycurgus, chap. ix.
[136]: ἢ] Kronenberg would omit.
[137]: πωμάτων the better spelling: πομάτων.
[138]: Ἀγεσιλάου or Ἀγεσιλάῳ but usually κατασκευάσαντος; presumably they should agree as in the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xiii.
[139]: Ἀγεσιλάου or Ἀγεσιλάῳ but usually κατασκευάσαντος; presumably they should agree as in the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xiii.
[140]: μηδὲ to accord with other quotations of the passage: μήτε.
[141]: ποιῶνται] ποιεῖται in some mss.
[142]: ζητοῦντα] Xylander would add τὴν αἰτίαν.
[143]: αὐταῖς] αὑτοῖς Kronenberg from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xv.
[144]: Γεραδάτα, Γεραδάτας] Γεράδα, Γεράδας in the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xv.
[145]: ταῦρον ἐκτίνει μέγαν ... τηλικοῦτος; γελάσας Xylander from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xv.: the mss. have only ταὐτὸν ἔφη ὁ Γεραδάτας.
[146]: Γεραδάτα, Γεραδάτας] Γεράδα, Γεράδας in the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xv.
[147]: βλάπτωμεν E. Kurtz: βλάπτοιμεν.
[148]: μένητε Life of Lycurgus, chap. xix.: ἦτε.
[149]: μείζων from μέσδων (sic!) Life of Lycurgus, chap. xix.: μεῖζον.
[150]: ἐρᾶτε εἶναι F.C.B. from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xix.; with the omission of one syllable -ατ- gives almost exactly the queer ms. reading ἐρεείνῃ (or ἐρεένει): ἐρέῃ εἶναι Sintenis.
[151]: οὔτε γενναῖον supplied by the editors from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxii.
[152]: εἶναι F.C.B. to fit the construction: ἦν Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxii., from which the sentence εἶναι δ’ ... μεγαλόψυχον is added here by most editors. But the whole paragraph looks like a memorandum.
[153]: εἶναι F.C.B. to fit the construction: ἦν Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxii., from which the sentence εἶναι δ’ ... μεγαλόψυχον is added here by most editors. But the whole paragraph looks like a memorandum.
[154]: ἡγήσεσθαι] ἡγήσασθαι most mss., perhaps rightly.
[155]: τῇ λεοντῇ] ἡ λεοντῆ, as in Moralia, 190 e, and the Life of Lysander, chap. vii., Car. Schmidt.
[156]: ἐπιμεμφομένων Wyttenbach: ἀπομεμφομένων.
[157]: ταύτης] ταύτῃ Pantazides.
[158]: μετάστηθι Hatzidakis: κατάστηθι.
[159]: Εὐρυπωντιδῶν Wyttenbach: εὐρυπρωτιδῶν.
[160]: τῶν οἷος Life of Lysander, chap. xxiv.: οἷος.
[161]: Κρατίδην] Λακρατίδαν Life of Lysander, chap. xxx.; but the name of Cratidas is recorded as an ephor in an inscription (S.G.D.I. iv. p. 690).
[162]: Ἀκαδημεία the usual spelling; ἀκαδημίᾳ.
[163]: οὔθʼ Bernardakis: οὐδʼ or οὔτε.
[164]: ἂν added by Cobet.
[165]: ἔσται] κείσεται van Herwerden.
[166]: ὁ added by Bernardakis.
[167]: ἄγαν Kronenberg from ἄγαν μοναρχεῖν in the Life of Lycurgus, chap. ii.: ἄγειν ἢ or ἄγιν.
[168]: No. 3 is not in all mss.
[169]: βαδίζειν F.C.B.: βαδίζει.
[170]: Πολυκρατίδας] Πολυστρατίδας Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxv.
[171]: αἴκα τύχωμες ... αἰ Cobet (partly from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. xxv.): αἴκε τύχωμεν ... εἰ δὲ.
[172]: Σόον Xylander: σῶον.
[173]: οἱ added by Turnebus.
[174]: ἀπελθεῖν Turnebus (from the Life of Lycurgus, chap. ii.): ἐπελθεῖν.
[175]: Τήλεκλος Xylander: τήλεκρος.
[176]: λεκτὸν] λεκτέον Bernardakis, but unnecessarily. See, for example, Jebb on Sophocles, O.C. 1360.
[177]: πρᾶτα Cobet: πρῶτα.
[178]: ἐπιλελάσμεθα Cobet: ἐπιλελάθαμες.
[179]: συνήκαμες] συνείκαμες Cobet.
[180]: Ἁργείους van Leewen: ἀρίστους.
[181]: θακοῦντας F.C.B.: θακέοντας (θακεύοντας Life of Lycurgus, chap. xx.)
[182]: ναὶ Cobet: νὴ.
[183]: Pantazides would omit οὐκέτι ... οἱ νέοι.
[184]: Λυσανορίδας Wyttenbach (from Moralia, 576 a, and Life of Pelopidas, chap. xiii.): Λύσανδρος. Lysander seems not to have come into contact with Charon.
[185]: ἀλγηδόσι μὴ ἐνδόντα Bernardakis: ἀλγηδόσιν ἢ εὔδοντα or ἀλγηδόσι only.
[186]: ὀνήσῃ Wyttenbach: εἴση (οἰμώξῃ Meziriacus, οὐκ ὀνήσῃ Cobet, οἴ σοι Bernardakis: μετανοήσῃ?).
[187]: ὅτι added by Turnebus.
[188]: κά τις ᾖς F.C.B.: κα ἴῃς Hartman: καθίσῃς or καθίσεις.
[189]: ὅπα κα λέωντι Bernardakis: ἄπο καλέοντι or ἀποκλαίοντι.
[190]: τᾶς γᾶς κήνας (γᾶς κοινᾷ) F.C.B.: τᾷ σκηνᾷ (τᾷ εὐνᾷ? Bernardakis).
[191]: Most mss. have a slightly briefer version.
[192]: θεὶς ... τάδε] παῖδ’ ... τιθείς Palatine Anthology vii. 229.
[193]: τούτο] τούτῳ, if necessary.
[194]: παραχεῖ F.C.B.: παρέχει or παράχει.
[195]: ἆμιν the regular Doric form: ἄμμιν.
[196]: ἐπισημηναμένων Cobet: ἐπισημειωσαμένων.
[197]: ναὶ Cobet: νὴ.
[198]: στροβιλοῖ] στροβιλῶν E. Kurtz.
[199]: κακκονῆν van Herwerden (cf. also Moralia, 959 b, and the Life of Cleomenes, chap. ii.): κακανεῖν.
[200]: Βοῦλις καὶ Σπέρχις, the usual spelling elsewhere, e.g. Moralia, 815 e: βοῦρις καἰ σπέρτις (Herodotus, vii. 134 has Σπερθίης.