syssitium

Updated: June 2, 2025

Feared you shall be, dear father, and revered; and again, In silence fearing those that bore the sway; for the generality of men are most ready to reverence those whom they fear. And, therefore, the Lacedaemonians placed the temple of Fear by the Syssitium of the ephors, having raised that magistracy to almost royal authority.

Plutarch - Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans