Donald Kagan has said of him that "...his entire career reveals him to be a patriot and a true moderate, sincerely committed to a constitution granting power to the hoplite class, whether in the form of a limited democracy or a broadly based oligarchy", while John Fine has noted that "like many a person following a middle course, he was hated by both political extremes."
Donald Kagan dixo del "....toda a súa carreira revela que era un patriota e un auténtico moderado, sinceramente comprometido cunha constitución que concedía o poder á clase hoplita, tanto nas formas dunha democracia limitada como nas dunha oligarquía de base ampla"; mentres que John Fine apuntou que "como moitas persoas que seguen unha liña política de centro, foi odiado polos extremistas."