Cicero eulogized him as "the first man, in my judgement, of Greece," and Pausanias records an honorary poem from his tomb: By my counsels was Sparta shorn of her glory, And holy Messene received at last her children.
Cicerón eloxiouno como «o primeiro home, na miña opinión, de Grecia» e Pausanias escribiu un poema honorario para a súa tumba: Polos meus consellos foi Esparta privada da súa gloria, E a santa Mesenia recibiu por fin aos seus fillos.