Lame King
.A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to “Beware of a lame king.” Agesilaʹos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy.
A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to “Beware of a lame king.” Agesilaʹos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.