Epaminondas did not think that to take part, and that heartily, in songs and sports and dances with the young men of his city, were things that in any way derogated from the honour of his glorious victories and the perfect purity of manners that was in him.
Epaminondasek ez zuen uste bere hiriko mutilen dantzan aritzea eta kantatzea bere garaipen ospetsuei eta bere baitan zegoen ohituren ereduari ohorea kentzen zien zerbait izan zenik.