Plato, Laws 629e

ποιήμασιν, ὡς οὐδαμῶς τοὺς τοιούτους ἀνεχόμενος, οἳ μὴ τολμήσωσιν μὲν ὁρᾶν φόνον αἱματόεντα, καὶ δηίων ὀρέγοιντʼ ἐγγύθεν ἱστάμενοι. οὐκοῦν τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα εἴποιμεν ἂν ἡμεῖς ὅτι σὺ μὲν ἐπαινεῖς, ὡς ἔοικας, ὦ Τύρταιε, μάλιστα τοὺς πρὸς τὸν ὀθνεῖόν τε καὶ ἔξωθεν πόλεμον γιγνομένους ἐπιφανεῖς. φαίη ταῦτʼ ἄν που καὶ ὁμολογοῖ; τί μήν;

At any rate, in your poems you have said that you cannot abide men who dare not face the gory fray and smite the foe in close combat. Then we should proceed to say, It appears, O Tyrtaeus, that you are chiefly praising those who achieve distinction in foreign and external warfare. To this, I presume, he would agree, and say Yes?