Being asked once how far the bounds of Sparta extended, he said, with a flourish of his spear, "As far as this can reach."
ἐρωτηθεὶς δέ ποτε ἄχρι τίνος εἰσὶν οἱ τῆς Λακωνικῆς ὅροι, τὸ δόρυ κραδάνας εἶπεν ‘ἄχρις οὗ τοῦτο φθάνῃ.’
Plutarch - Apophthegmata Laconica - Agesilaus The Great