How we cite our quotes: Line
Quote #10
Isn't that precisely how my generation's education / bred the men of Marathon? / You, by contrast, teach our boys to swaddle up in cloaks from birth, / such a turn-off when they're dancing at Athena's festival, / one of them with his shield held low, afraid he'll get his hambone poked! (985-989)
This is more of Better Argument talking about how great the old times were, when his philosophy (which calls for lots of physical exercise) was popular and men were apparently a bit more robust.