[296] Laws 630 b, cf 697 e.
[297] See Republic 565 a on the indifference of the handworking δῆμος. Cf Isocr de pace § 52 p 170.
[298] Cf Xenophon hell VII 5 § 27 on the ἀκρισία καὶ ταραχὴ intensified after Mantinea, 362 BC.
[299] Even Isocrates, who hated Sparta, says of it τὴν μάλιστα τὰ παλαιὰ διασώζουσαν, Helen § 63 ρ 218, and attributes the merits of the Spartan government to imitation of Egypt, Busiris § 17 p 225. He notes the moral change in Sparta, de pace §§ 95 foll pp 178-180.
[300] Republic p 421 e, Laws 936 c, 744 e.
[301] Laws 736 c, cf Rep 565 a, b.
[302] Republic 421 d.
[303] Republ 416 d, e, 417, 464 c, 543 b.
[304] Republ 540 e-541 a.
[305] Republ 469-471.