Plutarch, Aussprüche von Spartanern (Moralia 220 F):

Eudamidas I., Sohn des Archidamos, war König von Sparta von 330 bis 300 (?) v.u.Z.

When another man brought up their brave successes against the Persians, and was urgent for the war (1), Eudamidas said, “You do not seem to realize that your proposition is the same as fighting fifty wolves after overcoming a thousand sheep! [ἀγνοεῖν, ἔφη, μοι δοκεῖς γε ὅτι ταὐτόν ἐστι χιλίων προβάτων κρατήσαντα πεντήκοντα λύκοις μάχεσθαι.]”

[i][Plutarch: Moralia III. Ed. by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge (Mass.)/London ⁷2004, pp. 320 sq.][/quote]

(1) gegen die Makedonen