Postquam ephebus est factus et palaestrae dare operam coepit, non tam magnitudini virium servivit quam velocitati; illam enim ad athletarum usum, hanc ad belli existimabat utilitatem pertinere.
As soon as Epaminondas attained military age and began to interest himself in physical exercise, he aimed less at great strength than at agility; for he thought that the former was necessary for athletes, but that the latter would be helpful in warfare.
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